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ABSTRACT

Africans are known worldwide to be highly religious. The clerical successes and failures of living out the Christian gospel values posed challenge to the church parishioners. This study examines the perception on the impact of the Catholic priest Lifestyle on Parishioners in the Catholic Diocese of Kano. To achieve this, the socio-demographic characteristics of the Parishioners were examined as well as their perception on the positive impact of the lifestyle of Catholic clergy has made on their parishioners in the Catholic diocese of Kano. The study used descriptive survey research design and the data used for this study was sourced from 384 parishioners from Kano and Jigawa States using a well-structured questionnaire, The results shows that Majority of the Parishioners are Male (55.3% within the ages of 25 – 29 years (23.7%) and 45 years and above (23.1%) who have attained at least tertiary level of education (56.5%) and are not married (49.1%). On the perceived effect of the Clergymen Lifestyle, It’s clear the most dominant effect on the parishioner is the virtue of compassion and sensitivity to the needy (4.00), available and approachable (3.86) and fostering reconciliation and peaceful coexistence. The result revealed that the male and female do not differed significantly in their rating of the impact of the lifestyle of catholic clergy in Kano diocese on their parishioners 0.402 (P > 0.05). The study concludes that the lifestyle of catholic clergy has made positive impact on their parishioners in the catholic diocese of Kano. The study recommend that the board and staff of catholic seminaries to be diligent in their work of training catholic clergy and resist individuals or groups whose influence undermines the credibility of catholic clergy in the field afterwards.