The Catholic Diocese of Bomadi covers all of Bayelsa State, four Local Government Areas of Delta State (Bomadi, Burutu, Patani and Warri South-West) and two of Rivers State (Abua/Odual and Ahoada West), in the Ecclesiastical Province of Benin City.
Key dates
First Mass in the territory | 1913, at St Francis Catholic Church, Forcados (now an outstation of Burutu Parish), celebrated by Fr Georges Oilier, SMA |
Creation of the Jurisdiction (Missio Sui Iuris) | 17 March 1991 |
Installation of the Ecclesiastical Superior, Very Rev. Msgr Thomas V. Greenan, SPS | 15 March 1992 |
Erection of the Vicariate and installation of Bishop Joseph O. Egerega | 15 May 1997 |
Erection of the Diocese | 21 September 2017 |
Installation of Bishop Hyacinth O. Egbebo, MSP | 15 December 2017 |
In numbers
Area | 13,140 km² |
Total population | 4,374,371 (2021 projection) |
Catholic population | 53,772 |
Parishes | 47, with over 200 outstations |
Deaneries | 5 |
Chaplaincies | 4 |
Bishop | 1 |
Diocesan priests | 61 (51 in the Diocese, 4 elsewhere in Nigeria, 6 abroad) |
Religious priests | 10 |
Religious sisters | 80 |
Indigenous sisters | 30 |
Major seminarians | 63 |
Minor seminarians | 141 |
Catechists | 102 |
Minor seminary | 1 |
Catholic schools | 26 |
Catholic hospitals and health centres | 3 |
From the Bishop
“Today the Catholic Church in Bomadi has 47 Parishes with over 200 Outstations … Like the biblical mustard seed, it has spread to almost every part of the Region.” (Most Rev. Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo, MSP, introducing the 2024 Official Directory)
Read the full history of the Diocese, see the parishes on the map or meet the clergy.
Source: Official Directory of the Catholic Diocese of Bomadi, 2024.