Abakaliki diocese
| Abakaliki diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Onitsha |
| Diocesan bishop | Michael Nnachi Okoro |
| Vicar General | Patrick Mary Anene Mmuoh |
| founding | 1973 |
| surface | 5,953 km² |
| Parishes | 126 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 2,204,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 541.610 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 24.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 140 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,869 |
| Friars | 3 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 162 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Theresa's Cathedral |
| Website | http://abakalikidiocese.org/ |
The Diocese of Abakaliki ( Latin Dioecesis Abakalikiensis , English Diocese of Abakaliki ) is in Nigeria situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Abakaliki .
history
The diocese of Abakaliki was on March 1, 1973 by Pope Paul VI. with the Apostolic Constitution Inter dead from cessions of territory of the diocese of Ogoja and subordinated to the archdiocese of Onitsha as a suffragan .
Bishops of Abakaliki
- Thomas McGettrick SPS , 1973-1983
- Michael Nnachi Okoro , since 1983
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Inter tot , AAS 65 (1973), n.8, p. 419f.