Diocese of Oyo


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oyo ) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Ibadan, Nigeria. It still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

History

The Apostolic Prefecture of Oyo was erected on territory split from the Apostolic Vicariate of Lagos on March 3, 1949. On January 18, 1963 it was promoted to the Diocese of Oyo, with the Archdiocese of Ibadan as its Metropolitan. On March 3, 1995, portions of the Diocese were removed to the Diocese of Osgobo.

Special churches

The bishops' seat is Oyo Cathedral, otherwise the cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Oyo.

Statistics

In 2014, it pastorally served 36,542 Roman Catholics in a 18,000 km2 area, mostly Muslim. It has 28 parishes and 3 missions with 51 priests, 44 lay religious and 17 seminarians. As of 2004, it consisted of 26 parishes served by 47 priests and 43 religious.

Bishops

;Apostolic Prefect of Oyo
;Suffragan Bishops of Oyo