Diocesan

The 2019 armed forces of Nigeria Directorates of chaplain services (Roman Catholic)

Members of the Armed Forces Chaplains of Nigeria are currently in Sokoto for their Annual Conference, Retreat and Training which begun on 22^nd of October 2019 with an opening mass.

– Bishop Kukah tells the National Catholic Police Force Chaplains.

Justice, Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) Sokoto diocese in collaboration with Catholic Relief Service (CRS) Nigeria held a three day workshop from the 29^th-31 August 2019 on Strategic Plan Development held at St Bakhita Secretariat Sokoto.

The Catholic Diocese of Sokoto for the first time hosted a three Days Diocesan Youth Day Convention with the Theme: (A Tool for God’s Work Luke 1:38) which lasted for three days.

It was a day of Celebration yesterday 15th August, 2019 as the catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese most Rev. Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah ordained five deacons to join the order of the presbytery

The department of education catholic diocese of Sokoto held a summit from the 5th of August, to 6th of August, 2019 on the theme; Education Quality Assurance: the way to ensure improvement of learning outcomes in schools. Participants at the summit were heads of schools and the assistance, schools Bursars, PTA chairmen and Secretaries. The focal point for the summit was to draw a plan for education in the diocese for the next five years. On his opening address, His Lordship, Most Rev. Dr.

Late Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto, Most Rev. Kevin Joseph Aje was laid to rest today amidst glowing tributes.

EASTER MESSAGE 2019

St. John’s Catholic Church, Gidan Kurma is one of the indigenous Hausa parish communities in Sokoto diocese. With the exception of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Funtua and a fraction of St. Vincent Ferrer’s Catholic Church Malunfashi. Malunfashi deanery is composed predominately of Hausa speaking communities. It is one of the homes of the Maguzawas.