Diocese of Ekwulobia, Nigeria

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Ekwulobia / Ekvulobian(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Onitsha

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2020.03.05: Established as Diocese of Ekwulobia / Ekvulobian(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Awka and became suffragan of Onitsha)

Bishop (2020.03.05 – ...):

Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke (61)

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

Bishops of Ekwulobia (Roman Rite)

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

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] – ...)

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

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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