Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna

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

History

1911.08.24: The Apostolic Prefecture of Eastern Nigeria was created from the Apostolic Prefecture of Upper Niger and it had Shendam as its headquarters. Kano, afterwards a principal mission station under Kaduna, was opened from Shendam but Kaduna itself was administered from Asaba (headquarters of the Prefecture of Upper Niger which subsequently became the Vicariate Apostolic of Western Nigeria.
1929.07.18: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Nigeria
1934.04.09: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Kaduna
1953.06.29: Promoted as Diocese of Kaduna
1959.07.16: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna

The seat of the archbishop is St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Kaduna.

Metropolitan Archbishops of Kaduna (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso, appointed 2007.11.16
- Archbishop Peter Yariyok Jatau 1975.04.10 - 2007.11.16
- Archbishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A. 1959.07.16 – 1975.06.12
Bishops of Kaduna (Roman rite)
- Bishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A. 1953.06.29 – 1959.07.16
Prefects Apostolic of Kaduna (Roman rite)
- John MacCarthy, S.M.A. 1943.05.14 – 1953.06.29
- Thomas Hughes, S.M.A. 1934.04.09 – 1943.01.12
Prefects Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Roman rite)
- Thomas Hughes, S.M.A. 1934.01.12 - 1934.04.09
- Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. 1930.04.08 – 1933.04.25
- Francis O' Rourke, S.M.A. 1929.05.17 - 1930.03.27
Prefects Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria (Roman rite)
- Fr. Osvaldo Waller, S.M.A. 1912 – 1929