On Thursday, September 21, 2023, Pope Francis appointed Rev. Fr. Dr. Habila Tyiakwonaboi Daboh as the new Bishop of Zaria Diocese, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The announcement was made on the Facebook page of the Catholic Broadcast Commission, Nigeria.
Father Daboh was born on June 10, 1970 in the Zangon Kataf area of the Archdiocese of Kaduna. He was ordained a priest on July 10, 1999 for the Archdiocese of Kaduna after completing studies at Saint Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary in Makurdi and Saint Augustine’s Major Seminary in Jos.
Until his appointment as Bishop of Zaria Diocese, Father Daboh was the Rector of the Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna, a position he has held since 2016.