List bishops and archbishops of Jos

List of the bishops and archbishops of Jos

( Archidioecesis Iosensis )

The apostolic prefecture Nigeria of Jos was created on April 9th 1934 by detachment of that of Nigeria North.

It is set up in évêché of Jos on June 29th 1953, then in archbishop's palace on March 26th 1994.

Apostolic prefect is initially

  • June 22nd 1934 - 1953: Guglielmo Lumley

Then are bishops

  • April 10th 1954 July -3 1974: John Reddington (John J. Reddington)

  • October 5th 1974 March -26 1994: Gabriel Ganaka (Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka)

Finally are archbishops

  • March 26th 1994 November -11 1999: Gabriel Ganaka (Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka)

  • since November 11th 1999: Ignatius Kaigama (Ignatius Ayau Kaigama), until in 2000 bishop of Jalingo.

Sources

  • the PONTIFICAL DIRECTORY , on the http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org site, in the page

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