Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos {Lagosen(sis) in Latin} is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Lagos in Nigeria.

History

• 1860.08.28: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Dahomey from the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas and Senegambia in Gabon
• 1870.08.24: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Benin Coast
• 1943.01.12: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Lagos
• 1950.04.18: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lagos

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Lagos.

Leadership

• Metropolitan Archbishops of Lagos (Roman rite)
  • Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie since 1973.04.13
  • Archbishop John Kwao Amuzu Aggey 1965.07.06 – 1972.03.13
  • Archbishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. 1950.04.18 – 1965.10.27
• Vicars Apostolic of Lagos (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. 1939.06.13 – 1950.04.18
• Vicars Apostolic of Benin Coast (Roman rite)
  • Bishop François O'Rourke, S.M.A. 1930.03.31 – 1938.10.28
  • Bishop Ferdinand Terrien, S.M.A. 1912.03.01 – 1929.08.03
  • Bishop Joseph-Antoine Lang, S.M.A. 1902.07.19 – 1912.01.02
  • Bishop Paul Pellet, S.M.A. 1895.01.15 – 1902
  • Bishop Jean-Baptiste Chausse 1891.05.12 – 1894.01.30

Suffragan Dioceses

• Abeokuta
• Ijebu-Ode

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Nigeria

Source

• Giga-Catholic Information