The Catholic Church in Nigeria is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the curia in Rome, and the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN). The present president of the CBCN as of 2020 is Augustine Obiora Akubeze, Archbishop of Benin city, who was preceded by the Archbishop of Jos Catholic Diocese, Ignatius Kaigama.
James Francis Stafford is an American cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary from 2003 to 2009. He previously served as President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity (1996–2003), Archbishop of Denver (1986–1996), Bishop of Memphis (1982–1986), and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (1976–1982). He was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope John Paul II in 1998.
The Neocatechumenal Way, also known as the Neocatechumenate, NCW, colloquially The Way, is an itinerary of Christian formation within the Catholic Church. It was formed in Madrid in 1964 by Kiko Argüello and Carmen Hernández. The Neocatechumenal Way has been banned from various jurisdictions by senior Catholic clerics, for instance in Japan, and in the UK Diocese of Clifton where, in a 1 November 1996 report by the diocese' then Bishop, Mervyn Alexander decided against allowing the group a continued presence within the diocese noting concern for its psychological impact on vulnerable people.
Paul Stephen Loverde is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and the retired bishop of the Diocese of Arlington in Northern Virginia.
Agostino Vallini is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been a cardinal since 2006. From 2008 to 2017 he served as Vicar General of Rome. He is also the Archpriest emeritus of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.
Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog, often known as Bishop Yiet or Monsignor Yiet, is a Filipino Roman Catholic bishop from Bohol, Philippines, as of 2012 bishop of the Diocese of Surigao.
Martin John O'Connor was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as rector of the Pontifical North American College from 1946–1964 and president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications from 1948–1971.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Konongo–Mampong is a diocese located in the city of Konongo–Mampong in the Ecclesiastical province of Kumasi in Ghana.
Most Rev. Earl Alfred Boyea Jr. is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is Bishop of Lansing.
Moses Elias Kiley was a Canadian-born prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the bishop of the Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey (1934–1940) and the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1940–1953).
Robert Edward Mulvee was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware (1985–1995) and Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island (1997–2005).
Gilbert Armea Garcera is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lipa in the Philippines. He succeeds Archbishop Ramon Arguelles, who earlier filed his resignation prior to his mandatory retirement age in 2017. His previous assignment was the bishop of the Diocese of Daet in Camarines Norte.
Joseph Mark Siegel is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as bishop of the Diocese of Evansville.
The Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (MCBS) is a congregation of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in southern India.
Alfred Xuereb is a Maltese prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Apostolic Nuncio to both South Korea and Mongolia since February 2018. He previously worked in the Roman Curia and was a private secretary to Pope Benedict XVI from 2007 to 2013 and to Pope Francis from 2013 to 2014.
Steven John Raica is a Catholic bishop in the United States. Since 2020, he has been the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama.
Dr Joseph Farrugia is a theologian, senior lecturer and Roman Catholic Monsignor who served as the representative of the Maltese Episcopal Conference to the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community. He currently serves as Vicar of the parishes of Mallemort, Alleins, Charleval and Vernègues in the Diocese of Aix, France.
Augusto Paolo Lojudice is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino since 2019.
Mario Grech is a Maltese prelate who was Bishop of Gozo from 2005 to 2019. He was Pro-Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops from October 2019 until he became Secretary General in September 2020.
Bishop Bože Radoš is a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who is currently serving as the third Diocesan Bishop of Varaždin since 1 August 2019.
