Diocese of Auchi, Nigeria 🇳🇬

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Auchi / Auchian(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Benin City

Neighbouring Dioceses: Benin City (↙), Ondo (←), Lokoja (↑), Idah (→), Uromi (↓)

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Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8), Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael (September 29), Saint John the Baptist (June 24)

2002.11.06: Established as Diocese of Auchi / Auchian(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Benin City and became suffragan of Benin City)

Bishop (2002.11.06 – ...):

Bishop Gabriel Ghiakhomo Dunia (68)

Bishops of Auchi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gabriel Ghiakhomo Dunia (68)
(2002.11.06 – ...)

Bishop of Auchi (Nigeria)

Priest of Benin City (Nigeria) (1989.09.09 – 2002.11.06)

Bishop of Auchi (Nigeria) (2002.11.06 – ...)

Benin City (↙), Ondo (←), Lokoja (↑), Idah (→), Uromi (↓)

Area: 6,116 km²

Population: 124,256 Catholics (10.3% of 1,207,554 total)

Pastoral Centres: 60 parishes, 8 missions

Personnel: 84 priests (81 diocesan, 3 religious), 157 religious (18 brothers, 139 sisters), 86 seminarians