Diocese of Nnewi, Nigeria

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Nnewi / Nnevien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Onitsha

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2001.11.09: Established as Diocese of Nnewi / Nnevien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Onitsha and became suffragan of Onitsha)

Bishop (2021.11.09 – ...):

Bishop Jonas Benson Okoye (62)

Bishops of Nnewi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jonas Benson Okoye (62)
(2021.11.09 – ...)

Bishop of Nnewi (Nigeria)

Priest of Awka (Nigeria) (1992.08.29 – 2014.05.30)

Titular Bishop of Masclianæ (2014.05.30 – 2021.11.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Awka (Nigeria) (2014.05.30 – 2021.11.09)

Bishop of Nnewi (Nigeria) (2021.11.09 – ...)

Bishop Hilary Paul Odili Okeke (78)
(2001.11.09 – 2021.11.09)

Bishop emeritus of Nnewi (Nigeria)

Priest of Onitsha (Nigeria) (1974.04.20 – 2001.11.09)

Bishop of Nnewi (Nigeria) (2001.11.09 – 2021.11.09)

Owerri (↙), Warri (←), Onitsha (↑), Ekwulobia (→), Orlu (↓)

Area: 1,160 km²

Population: 554,021 Catholics (51.3% of 1,080,350 total)

Pastoral Centres: 121 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 299 priests (273 diocesan, 26 religious), 353 religious (347 brothers, 6 sisters), 150 seminarians