Diocese of Aba, Nigeria

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Aba / Aban(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Owerri

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1990.04.02: Established as Diocese of Aba / Aban(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Umuahia and became suffragan of Onitsha)
1994.03.26: Became suffragan of Owerri

Bishop (2019.12.28 – ...):

Bishop Augustine Ndubueze Echema (65)

Bishops of Aba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Augustine Ndubueze Echema (65)
(2019.12.28 – ...)

Bishop of Aba (Nigeria)

Priest of Owerri (Nigeria) (1986.08.16 – 2019.12.28)

Bishop of Aba (Nigeria) (2019.12.28 – ...)

Bishop Vincent Valentine Egwuchukwu Ezeonyia, C.S.Sp.
(1990.04.02 – 2015.02.08)

Bishop of Aba (Nigeria) (1990.04.02 – 2015.02.08)

Area: 2,494 km²

Population: 647,102 Catholics (48.1% of 1,345,630 total)

Pastoral Centres: 96 parishes, 7 missions

Personnel: 265 priests (179 diocesan, 86 religious), 1 deacon, 231 religious (99 brothers, 132 sisters), 93 seminarians