Plateau State is a north central Nigerian state. It is located near the centre of Nigeria and includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau. Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and Tourism". The state has a population of around 4.7 million people. Its capital city is Jos.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jos (Archidioecesis Iosensis is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Jos in Nigeria.
The Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Plateau comprises three Senators representing Plateau South, Plateau Central, and Plateau North, and eight Representatives representing Barkin Ladi/Riyom, Jos North/Bassa, Jos South/Jos East, Langtang North/Langtang South, Mangu/Bokkos, Mikang/Shendam/Qua'an-Pan, Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam and Wase. Prior to the evolution of the Fourth Nigerian Republic, there existed the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Republics respectively before it. In the Third Nigerian Republic, there were the senatorial districts of Plateau North, Plateau East and Plateau West. The House of Representatives constituencies consisted of the individual Local Government Areas of the state qualified at that time as Federal constituencies.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafia is a diocese located in the city of Lafia in the ecclesiastical province of Abuja in Nigeria.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalingo is a diocese located in the city of Jalingo, which is in Taraba State and in the ecclesiastical province of Jos in Nigeria.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yola is a diocese located in the city of Yola in Adamawa state and in the ecclesiastical province of Jos, Plateau state, Nigeria.
The Diocese of Maiduguri is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Maiduguri in the ecclesiastical province of Jos in Nigeria.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shendam a diocese located in the city of Shendam, Plateau State in the ecclesiastical province of Jos in Nigeria. The Diocese was established on June 2, 2007.
The Diocese of Bauchi is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Nigeria. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos in, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Jos, Nigeria.
Religion in Bauchi State of Nigeria is mainly Islam and Christianity. The Sharia is valid in the entire state. The vast majority of the state's population (~80%) are Muslim with smaller Christian and traditionalist minorities at about 15% and 5%, respectively. Evangelicals are the dominant Christian branch in the state, but there are also adherents of the Roman Catholicism and Anglicanism. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bauchi has its seat in the state. The Anglican Diocese of Bauchi is part of the Province of Jos, within the Church of Nigeria.
Matthew Hassan Kukah is the current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto.
Malachy John Goltok is a Nigerian bishop. He was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bauchi, Nigeria. He was ordained a priest by Bishop of Jos, Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka on 4 November 1990 and appointed as second Bishop of Bauchi on 18 March 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. He died 21 March 2015 after a short serious illness.
Kevin Joseph Aje was a Nigerian Catholic prelate, who served as the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Nigeria, from 1985 to 2011.
The Anglican Diocese of Pankshin is one of ten within the Anglican Province of Jos, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The current bishop is Olumuyiwa Ajayi.
Olumuyiwa Ajayi is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria: he is the current Bishop of Pankshin, one of ten dioceses within the Anglican Province of Jos, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. His Diocese covers three local government areas, Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam.
Matthew Ishaya Audu is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Archbishop of Jos since 2020. He was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafia in 2000. He was appointed archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jos in 2020.
The 2019 Plateau State House of Assembly election was held on March 9, 2019, to elect members of the Plateau State House of Assembly in Nigeria. All the 24 seats were up for election in the Plateau State House of Assembly.
Miler is a West Chadic A3 language spoken in Pankshin LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria. It is spoken by about 1,000 people in three villages, which are within two small enclaves that are completely surrounded by Miship-speaking villages. It was first documented by Roger Blench in 2022.
Michael Gobal Gokum is a Nigerian Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of Pankshin Diocese, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jos since 2014. Before his appointment as first bishop of Pankshin Diocese, he served as administrator of Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Abuja.
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