Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos

Archdiocese of Lagos Archidioecesis Lagosensis
Location
Country	Nigeria
Territory	Lagos State
Coordinates	6°27′11″N 3°23′45″E / 6.45306°N 3.39583°E / 6.45306; 3.39583
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Holy Cross Cathedral, Lagos
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins
Suffragans	Abeokuta, Ijebu-Ode
Map
Lagos State shown in red
Website
www.archdioceseofLagos.org

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

Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Vicariate Apostolic of the Coast of Benin.

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

Metropolitan Archbishops of Lagos (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins since 2012.05.25
- Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie 1973.04.13 – 2012.05.25
- 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

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