
Gusau Deanery
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, Gusau
The first parish of the diocese (1955) — Bishop Lawton's first headquarters and his resting place.
Our priests
About the parish
Gusau was the only missionary residence in the 45,943 square miles of the new Prefecture when Monsignor Edward Lawton, O.P., arrived on 13 November 1954. Through his efforts the out-station became a parish in 1955. Bishop Lawton was buried in the cemetery beside the church in December 1966.