Diocese of

Issele-Uku

Nigeria Nigeria

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Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Issele-Uku / Isseleukuan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Benin City

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2003.11.14 – ...):Bishop Michael Odogwu Elue (68)Bishop Michael Odogwu Elue (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Issele-Uku (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michael Odogwu Elue (68)Bishop Michael Odogwu Elue (68)
(2003.11.14 – ...)

Bishop of Issele-Uku (Nigeria)

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Born:1956.04.04 (Ute-Ogbeje, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1984.08.18
Consecrated Bishop:2004.02.21

Priest of Issele-Uku (Nigeria) (1984.08.18 – 2003.11.14)

Bishop of Issele-Uku (Nigeria) (2003.11.14 – ...)

Bishop Emmanuel Otteh
(1996.11.08 – 2003.11.14)

Born:1927 (Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1961.07.30
Consecrated Bishop:1990.09.02
Died:2012.07.27 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Cova (1990.06.11 – 1996.11.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Onitsha (Nigeria) (1990.06.11 – 1996.11.08)

Bishop of Issele-Uku (Nigeria) (1996.11.08 – 2003.11.14)

Bishop Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji (92)Bishop Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji (92)
(1973.07.05 – 1996.11.08)

Bishop emeritus of Enugu (Nigeria)

Born:1931.10.29 (Ubulu-Uku, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1958.11.23
Consecrated Bishop:1973.09.30

Priest of Issele-Uku (Nigeria) (1958.11.23 – 1973.07.05)

Bishop of Issele-Uku (Nigeria) (1973.07.05 – 1996.11.08)

Bishop of Enugu (Nigeria) (1996.11.08 – 2009.02.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Benin City (Nigeria) (2010.05.31 – 2011.03.18)

Special Churches

Warri (↙), Benin City (←), Uromi (↑), Aguleri (→), Onitsha (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,011 km²

Population: 348,500 Catholics (22.4% of 1,554,925 total)

Pastoral Centres: 107 parishes

Personnel: 193 priests (diocesan), 13 religious (1 brother, 12 sisters), 114 seminarians

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Last updated on 2024.10.01

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