Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna

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

  Special churches

Bishops

• Prefect Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria
• * Osvaldo Waller, S.M.A. 1912 – 1929
• Prefects Apostolic of Northern Nigeria
• * Francis O' Rourke, S.M.A. 1929.05.17 - 1930.03.27, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin
• * William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. 1930.04.08 – 1933.04.25, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro, Ghana; future Archbishop
• * Thomas Hughes, S.M.A. 1934.04.09 – 1943.01.12, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Ondo-Ilorin
• * John MacCarthy, S.M.A. 1943.05.14 – 1953.06.29 see below
• Bishop of Kaduna
• * Bishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A. see above 1953.06.29 – 1959.07.16 see below
• Archbishops of Kaduna
• * Archbishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A. see above 1959.07.16 – 1975.06.12
• * Archbishop Peter Yariyok Jatau 1975.04.10 - 2007.11.16
• * Archbishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso, appointed 2007.11.16

  Coadjutor Archbishop

• Peter Yariyok Jatau

  Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Joseph Danlami Bagobiri, appointed Bishop of Kafanchan in 1995
• Matthew Hassan Kukah, appointed Bishop of Sokoto in 2011
• Julius Yakubu Kundi, appointed Bishop of Kafanchan in 2000

  Suffragan Dioceses

• Ilorin
• Kafanchan
• Kano
• Kontagora
• Minna
• Sokoto
• Zaria