Roman Catholic Diocese of Kano

History

• March 22, 1991: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Kano from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna
• December 15, 1995: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Kano
• April 22, 1999: Promoted as Diocese of Kano

  Special churches

Leadership

• Ecclesiastical Superior of Kano
• * Fr. John Francis Brown, S.M.A.
• Vicar Apostolic of Kano
• * Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A.
• Bishops of Kano
• * Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A.
• * Bishop John Namawzah Niyiring, O.S.A., since 20 March 2008