Diocese of

Ekwulobia

Nigeria Nigeria

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Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ekwulobia / Ekvulobian(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Onitsha

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.03.05 – ...):Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke (61)Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke (61)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ekwulobia (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke (61)Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke (61)
(2020.03.05 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno
Bishop of Ekwulobia (Nigeria)

Veni Sancte Spiritus

Born:1963.03.01 (Amesi, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1992.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:2013.05.21
Created Cardinal:2022.08.27

Priest of Awka (Nigeria) (1992.08.22 – 2012.12.07)

Bishop of Ahiara (Nigeria) (2012.12.07 – 2018.02.19 not possessed)

Bishop of Ekwulobia (Nigeria) (2020.03.05 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno (2022.08.27 [2023.02.05] – ...)

Special Churches

Nnewi (←), Awka (↑), Enugu (↗), Okigwe (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 676 km²

Population: 609,818 Catholics (61.3% of 994,308 total)

Pastoral Centres: 87 parishes

Personnel: 514 priests (352 diocesan, 162 religious), 268 religious (181 brothers, 87 sisters), 61 seminarians

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