The Eparchy of the Annunciation is an Eparchy of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Holy See located in Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal and Angola.
The eparchy encompasses the Maronite faithful living in West and Central Africa.
Its eparchial seat is at the Our Lady of the Annunciation Cathedral in the city of Ibadan in Nigeria.
The eparchy was erected as the Maronite Apostolic Exarchate of Western and Central Africa by Pope Francis on 13 January 2014[1][2] with the papal bull Patrimonium ecclesiarum.
[4] Simon Faddoul, former president of Caritas Lebanon, served as apostolic exarch without episcopal character and was chosen to become the first bishop of the eparchy when the apostolic exarchate was promoted.