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Diocese of Ahiara

Dioecesis Ahiarana



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Bishop(s)

  • Vacant
  • Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, Apostolic Administrator
  • Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F., Auxiliary Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 18 November 1987
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Owerri
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Square Kilometers: 425 (164 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: https://ahiaracatholicdiocese.org
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, P.O. Box 205, Ogbe, Ahiara, Ahiazu Mbaise L.G.A., Imo State, Nigeria
  • Telephone: (0806)60.44.235; (0803)38.99.615

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
18 November 1987ErectedDiocese of Owerri (Mbaise) Diocese of Ahiara (erected)
26 March 1994Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Ahiara (from Onitsha)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1990331,443391,43084.7%52526,3732423ap1991
1999398,522495,77280.4%864904,42843946ap2000
2000407,522508,16680.2%922944,33543948ap2001
2001422,110520,87081.0%11521173,60743951ap2002
2002392,968490,28880.2%10631093,60574152ap2003
2003395,560502,54578.7%11331163,41034456ap2004
2004401,506510,62378.6%11231153,49135162ap2005
2006416,000539,00077.2%12631293,22435766ap2007
2012489,000634,00077.1%11571224,0081611273ap2013
2015519,000673,00077.1%12871353,8441612773ap2016
2018450,520669,75567.3%103101133,9861016373ap2019
2020443,187639,54269.3%14781552,859815879ap2021
2022453,005656,00069.1%17591842,461916882ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 80, Page 6, and Page 7
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 86, Page 631

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