Diocese of Aba
Diocese of Aba | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Nigeria |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Owerri |
Diocesan bishop | Augustine Ndubueze Echema |
founding | 1990 |
surface | 2,494 km² |
Parishes | 76 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
Residents | 1,085,000 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
Catholics | 414,000 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
proportion of | 38.2% |
Diocesan priest | 131 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
Religious priest | 63 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
Catholics per priest | 2.134 |
Friars | 64 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
Religious sisters | 126 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Christ the King Cathedral |
Website | www.catholicdioceseofaba.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Aba ( Latin Dioecesis Abana , English Diocese of Aba ) is a in Nigeria situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Aba .
history
The diocese of Aba was established on April 2, 1990 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Praeteritis quidem from cessions of territory from the diocese of Umuahia .
The Diocese of Aba is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Owerri as a suffragan .
Bishops of Aba
- Vincent Valentine Egwuchukwu Ezeonyia CSSp , 1990-2015
- Augustine Ndubueze Echema , since 2019
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Aba on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Homepage of the Diocese of Aba (English)
- Entry on the homepage of the Nigerian Bishops' Conference (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Praeteritis quidem , AAS 82 (1990), n.8, p. 754f.