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THE CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF JOS - NIGERIA

 

 

Archbishop I.A. 
Kaigama

THE ARCHBISHOP OF JOS

Most Rev. (Dr.) I. A. Kaigama

 

 

[THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH]

Pope Benedict XVI

The Catholic Church is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus Christ and led by the Twelve Apostles, in particular Saint Peter. The Catholic Church is the largest Christian Church and the largest organized body of any world religion. According to the Statistical Yearbook of the Church, the Church's worldwide recorded membership at the end of 2004 was 1,098,366,000, approximately one-sixth of the world's population. The Catholic Church is a worldwide organization made up of one Western or Latin and 22 Eastern Catholic particular Churches, all of which have the Holy See of Rome as their highest authority on earth. It is divided into jurisdictional areas, usually on a territorial basis. The standard territorial unit, each of which is headed by a bishop, is called a diocese in the Latin Church and an eparchy in the Eastern Churches. At the end of 2006, the total number of all these jurisdictional areas (or "Sees") was 2, 782.

[DUTIES OF A CATHOLIC PRIEST]

Pope Benedict XVI and 
Archbishop I. A. Kaigama
POPE AND ARCHBISHOP KAIGAMA AT THE VATICAN

Among the duties of a Catholic priest is the celebration of the Eucharist as a presider in persona Christi or as a concelebrant if required. The daily recitation of the principle and minor offices of the Liturgy of the Hours. Catholic priests are the only ministers of the Sacrament of Penance and Anointing of the Sick. They are the only ones who can celebrate the Eucharist in the Catholic Church (not to be confused with distribution by deacons or by extraordinary ministers). They and deacons are ordinary ministers of Baptism and witnesses to marriage.

 

 

 

 

 
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