Cathedral · Sokoto Deanery
Holy Family Catholic Cathedral
The mother church of the diocese, built under Fr. Louis Nadeau, O.P., the first resident priest in Sokoto.
Our priests
Sunday Masses
6:00am
English
8:00am
English
10:00am
Hausa
6:00pm
English
Weekday Mass & Adoration
Monday–Saturday: Exposition, Rosary and Divine Office at 5:00am Mass at 6:00am and 6:00pm (Saturdays 6:00am only) Thursday: Exposition after the 6:00am Mass until 5:45pm Sunday: Exposition at 5:20pm Monthly Adoration: last Thursday and Friday of the month, 6:00pm
Confessions
Every day after Mass Saturday at 5:00pm
Outstation Masses
- St. Jude (Federal Science College, Sokoto)Every Sunday, 7:00am
- St. Gerald (FGC, Sokoto)Sunday, 6:00am
- St. Thomas Aquinas (UDUS, Sokoto)Sunday, 10:00am
- St. Dominic's, GummiLast Sunday of the month
- St. Rita's, Goronyo2nd Sunday of the month
- Wurno2nd Sunday of the month, 10:00am
Sacraments & parish life
Infant Baptism: 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month, 8:30am. Preparation for parents and godparents is required — 1st and 3rd Wednesday and Thursday of the month, 4:00pm.
Marriage: arranged with the priest at least six months before the wedding, with a compulsory 12-week pre-marriage course (Tuesdays, 4:00–6:00pm). Weddings are celebrated on Saturdays.
Catechism: adults every Sunday at 3:00pm; children Saturday and Sunday, 3:30–5:30pm.
Communion of the sick and aged: as arranged with the priest.
Special blessings and thanksgiving: every Sunday.