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Diocese of Okigwe

Dioecesis Okigvensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 24 January 1981
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Owerri
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Square Kilometers: 1,386 (535 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Catholic Secretariat, P.O. Box 99, Villa Lourdes, Okigwe, Imo State, Nigeria
  • Telephone: (0803)47.23.212

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
24 January 1981ErectedDiocese of Umuahia (Ekiti, Mbano, Okigwe, and Isuikwuato) Diocese of Okigwe (erected)
26 March 1994Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Okigwe (from Onitsha)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1990363,7781,330,72127.3%94943,869324837ap1991
1999562,9961,500,98437.5%151151663,391526850ap2000
2000712,9451,589,29144.9%186152013,546377083ap2001
2001722,9551,590,10345.5%224232472,926608084ap2002
2002742,3701,617,72045.9%168231913,886619086ap2003
2003748,7311,625,86846.1%197232203,403609987ap2004
2004823,4832,001,83841.1%179232024,076607987ap2005
2013826,0002,408,00034.3%22572323,5603115291ap2014
2016951,4022,567,00037.1%26172683,55039178103ap2017
20191,020,0002,771,30036.8%31583233,15733183109ap2020
2021937,1571,779,63652.7%319123312,83139160119ap2022

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 73, Page 289, and Page 290
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 86, Page 631

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