Diocese of

Aguleri

Nigeria Nigeria

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Aguleri / Agulerien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Onitsha

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.02.12 – ...):Bishop Denis Chidi Isizoh (69)Bishop Denis Chidi Isizoh (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Aguleri (Roman Rite)

Bishop Denis Chidi Isizoh (69)Bishop Denis Chidi Isizoh (69)
(2023.02.12 – ...)

Bishop of Aguleri (Nigeria)

Entirely for God

Born:1956.01.24 (Ogbunike, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1985.09.28
Consecrated Bishop:2015.05.01

Priest of Onitsha (Nigeria) (1985.09.28 – 2015.02.06)

Titular Bishop of Legia (2015.02.06 – 2023.02.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Onitsha (Nigeria) (2015.02.06 – 2023.02.12)

Bishop of Aguleri (Nigeria) (2023.02.12 – ...)

Special Churches

Issele-Uku (←), Idah (↑), Nsukka (↗), Awka (↘), Onitsha (↓)

Statistics (2023)

Area: 1,388 km²

Population: 357,965 Catholics (19.3% of 1,857,060 total)

Pastoral Centres: 63 parishes

Personnel: 120 priests (113 diocesan, 7 religious), 316 religious (6 brothers, 310 sisters), 59 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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Last updated on 2025.01.27

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