Diocese of Ikot Ekpene
| Diocese of Ikot Ekpene | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Calabar |
| Diocesan bishop | Camillus Raymond Umoh |
| Vicar General | Sylvanus Udo Etok |
| founding | 1964 |
| surface | 2,263 km² |
| Parishes | 37 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 965,752 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 107,478 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 11.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 90 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,156 |
| Friars | 34 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 94 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Anne's Cathedral |
The Bistum Ikot Ekpene ( lat. : Dioecesis Ikotekpenensis ) is in Nigeria preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Ikot Ekpene .
history
The diocese Ikot Ekpene was on March 1, 1963 by Pope John XXIII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Catholicae res from cessions of territory of the diocese of Calabar .
It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Calabar as a suffragan .
Bishops of Ikot Ekpene
- Dominic Ignatius Cardinal Ekandem , 1963–1989, then Bishop of Abuja
- Camillus Archibong Etokudoh , 1989–2009, then Bishop of Port Harcourt
- Camillus Raymond Umoh , since 2010