Diocese of Uyo

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Diocese of Uyo
Basic data
Country Nigeria
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Calabar
Diocesan bishop John Ebebe Ayah
founding 1989
surface 8,342 km²
Parishes 72 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Residents 6,439,700 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics 856.170 (2017 / AP 2018 )
proportion of 13.3%
Diocesan priest 89 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious priest 4 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics per priest 9.206
Friars 4 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious sisters 59 (2017 / AP 2018 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language English
cathedral Christ the King Cathedral
Website http://catholicdioceseofuyo.org/

The Diocese of Uyo ( Latin Dioecesis Uyoensis , English Diocese of Uyo ) is in Nigeria situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Uyo .

history

The Diocese of Uyo was established on July 4, 1989 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Studio postulatoque from cessions of territory from the Diocese of Calabar .

It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Calabar as a suffragan .

Bishops of Uyo

See also

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Individual evidence

  1. Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Studio postulatoque , AAS 81 (1989), n.11, pp. 1186f.