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Diocese of Uyo

Dioecesis Uyoensis



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Bishop(s)

  • John Ebebe Ayah, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 4 July 1989
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Calabar
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Square Kilometers: 8,342 (3,222 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Catholic Secretariat, 5 Dominic Utuk Avenue, P.M.B. 1212, Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria
  • Telephone: (0807)40.03.647

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
4 July 1989ErectedDiocese of Calabar (Akwa Ibom) Diocese of Uyo (erected)
26 March 1994Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Uyo (from Onitsha)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1990377,3003,000,00012.6%465517,39854230ap1991
1997598,0281,779,85633.6%4555011,96063239ap2004
2008719,0001,915,00037.5%732759,58625663ap2011
2014752,0002,004,00037.5%7327510,02625663ap2015*
2017856,1706,439,70013.3%894939,20645972ap2018
2020981,8187,212,17013.6%10441089,09046774ap2021
2022986,9087,681,00012.8%11041148,65745692ap2023

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 81, Page 1,186, and Page 1,187
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 86, Page 632, and Page 633

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