Roman Catholic Diocese of Zaria

Diocese of Zaria

*Dioecesis Zariensis*
Diocese of Zaria; Dioecesis Zariensis
Location
Country	Nigeria
Territory	portion of Kaduna State
Ecclesiastical province	Kaduna
Coordinates	11°06′47″N7°43′30″E / 11.11306°N 7.72500°E
Statistics
Area	18,000 km2 (6,900 sq mi)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2004); 1,839,927; 68,950 (3.7%);
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of Christ the King in Zaria
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Rev. Habila Daboh
Map
	; The Diocese of Zaria is located in the northern portion of Kaduna State which is shown here in red.
Website
	www.cathdiza-ng.org Official website of the diocese [ usurped ]

Last updated August 15, 2025

The Diocese of Zaria (Latin : Zarien(sis)) 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.

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.^[1]

References

↑ Soto, Jonas; d'Avillez, Filipe (4 April 2025). "Despite hardships, Christianity grows "astronomically" in northern Nigeria". ACN International. Retrieved 14 August 2025.

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[1] Soto, Jonas; d'Avillez, Filipe (4 April 2025). "Despite hardships, Christianity grows "astronomically" in northern Nigeria". ACN International. Retrieved 14 August 2025.

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