Diocese of Zaria

The Diocese of Zaria is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of diocese of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. The diocese's episcopal see is Zaria, Kaduna State. The Diocese of Zaria is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna in Nigeria.

WWW cathdiza-ng.org

History

On 5 December 2000, the Diocese of Zaria was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna.
Bishop George Jonathan Dodo was installed as the first Bishop of Zaria Diocese by Most Reverend Osbaldo Padila, the Papal Nuncio to Nigeria

Special churches

The Cathedral is Cathedral of Christ the King in Zaria.

Leadership

On September 21 2023, Pope Francis appointed Rev Fr Habila Daboh, current Rector of the Good Shepherd Major Seminary Kaduna as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Zaria, Nigeria. In comments to Aid to the Church in Need, in 2025, the bishop claimed that "despite hardships", Christianity was growing "astronomically" in Northern Nigeria.