Catholic Church in Nigeria

Catholic Church in Nigeria
Type	National polity
Classification	Catholic
Governance	Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria
Pope	Pope Francis
President	Lucius iwejuru Ugorji
Region	Nigeria
Language	English, Latin
Members	35.0 million (2024)[1]
Official website	Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria

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The Catholic Church in Nigeria is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the curia in Rome, and the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN).

In 2022, the present president of the CBCN is Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, Archbishop of Owerri Archdiocese.^[2] He followed on from the previous president, Augustine Obiora Akubeze.^[3][4]