Diocesan

MR. PRESIDENT: PLEASE BRING US DOWN FROM THIS CROSS

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto

Easter Message 2025

Again, another tributary of blood gushes from Zike, in Bassa Local Government Area to Bokkos in Plateau State. Together, they will link up with older tributaries and continue their flow slowly but surely into an invisible ocean of blood that now threatens to swallow the plateau. The streams have flowed from different directions, through Jos, Dogo Na Hawa, Bukuru, Gwong, Shendam, Yelwa, Wase, Langtang, Riyom, Kadarko, Shere, Miango to mention only a few. The list is almost endless.

Again, another tributary of blood gushes from Zike, in Bassa Local Government Area to Bokkos in Plateau State. Together, they will link up with older tributaries and continue their flow slowly but surely into an invisible ocean of blood that now threatens to swallow the plateau. The streams have flowed from different directions, through Jos, Dogo Na Hawa, Bukuru, Gwong, Shendam, Yelwa, Wase, Langtang, Riyom, Kadarko, Shere, Miango to mention only a few. The list is almost endless.

AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED (ACN) VISITS SOKOTO DIOCESE. 

Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has been actively supporting the Diocese of Sokoto in Nigeria, addressing the challenges faced by the Christian minority in the predominantly Muslim northern region. Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, who has led the diocese since 2011, has collaborated closely with ACN to raise awareness about the persecution of Christians and to seek support for their plight.

The undying love and commitment of the Catholic Church to the growth and improvement of human dignity in the Northern part of Nigeria has been further demonstrated by the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto with the establishment of a new school in Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria.

NIGERIA: A TIME TO HEAL

Easter Message by Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH, 
Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, March 31st, 2024

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Northwest Nigeria, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah has formally received back to the Diocese, Rev. Fr. Thomas Nwachukwu who left the Diocese on health grounds in 2017.

He reportedly went to Ghana where he fraternized with and pledged loyalty to a pastor, the video of which went viral. He made the trip to Ghana and engaged in such activity without the knowledge and approval of his Bishop. On his return to his Parish in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, he came down with stroke.

The annual cathedraticum of the Diocese started on Saturday 16th March, 2024 with the Keep deanery where the Bishop, Most Rev. Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah also give minister the sacrament of confirmation to the prepared candidates.

Sokoto Catholic Diocese Ordains 10 Deacon; The First Since Its Erection

History has been made in the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria with the ordination of ten deacons. Before now, the highest was six, during the time of the late Bishop Emeritus Kevin Aje who passed few years ago.

The Vatican has created a new Diocese in Nigeria’s Northwest. It is the Catholic Diocese of Katsina.

The erection of the Katsina Diocese by the Holy Father Pope Francis has just been announced, bringing cheers to Catholics and hopes evangelization.

The news of the erection of the new Diocese came with the appointment of the Rev. Sac Gerald Mamman Musa, of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Professor and Director of the Center for Studies on African Culture and Communication (CESACC) at the “Catholic Institute of West Africa” (CIWA), Port Harcourt, Nigeria.