Diocese of Umuahia
Diocese of Umuahia | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Nigeria |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Owerri |
Diocesan bishop | Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji |
Auxiliary bishop | Michael Kalu Ukpong |
Vicar General | Gabriel Kalu |
founding | 1958 |
surface | 2,460 km² |
Parishes | 67 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Residents | 1,234,470 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics | 241,233 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
proportion of | 19.5% |
Diocesan priest | 151 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious priest | 20 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,411 |
Friars | 6 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious sisters | 151 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Mater Dei Cathedral |
Website | umuahiadiocese.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Umuahia ( Latin Dioecesis Umuahiana , English Diocese of Umuahia ) is in Nigeria situated Roman Catholic Diocese with headquarters in Umuahia .
history
The diocese of Umuahia was founded on June 23, 1958 by Pope Pius XII. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Sollicite usque from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Owerri and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Onitsha as a suffragan . On January 24, 1981, the Diocese of Umuahia gave parts of its territory to the establishment of the Apostolic Constitution Quandoquidem Sanctissima from the Diocese of Okigwe . Another area assignment was made on 2 April 1990 founding of the Apostolic Constitution quidem Praeteritis erected Diocese of Aba . The diocese of Umuahia was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Owerri as a suffragan on March 26, 1994.
Bishops of Umuahia
- Anthony Gogo Nwedo CSSp , 1959-1990
- Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji , since 1990
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Umuahia on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Homepage of the Diocese of Umuahia (English)
- Entry on the homepage of the Nigerian Bishops' Conference (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Sollicite usque , AAS 51 (1959), n.4, pp. 216f.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II : Const. Apost. Quandoquidem Sanctissima , AAS 73 (1981), n.5, p. 289f.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Praeteritis quidem , AAS 82 (1990), n.8, p. 754f.