Diocese of Nsukka, Nigeria

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Nsukka / Nsukkan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Onitsha

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1990.11.19: Established as Diocese of Nsukka / Nsukkan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Enugu and became suffragan of Onitsha)

Bishop (2013.04.13 – ...):

Bishop Godfrey Igwebuike Onah (68)

Bishops of Nsukka (Roman Rite)

Bishop Godfrey Igwebuike Onah (68)
(2013.04.13 – ...)

Bishop of Nsukka (Nigeria)

Priest of Enugu (Nigeria) (1984.07.28 – 1990.11.19)

Priest of Nsukka (Nigeria) (1990.11.19 – 2013.04.13)

Bishop of Nsukka (Nigeria) (2013.04.13 – ...)

Bishop Francis Emmanuel Ogbonna Okobo (88)
(1990.11.19 – 2013.04.13)

Bishop emeritus of Nsukka (Nigeria)

Priest of Enugu (Nigeria) (1966.06.04 – 1990.11.19)

Bishop of Nsukka (Nigeria) (1990.11.19 – 2013.04.13)

Aguleri (↙), Idah (↖), Otukpo (↗), Gboko (→), Abakaliki (↘), Enugu (↓)

Area: 3,180 km²

Population: 1,103,961 Catholics (69.3% of 1,593,655 total)

Pastoral Centres: 220 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 345 priests (320 diocesan, 25 religious), 300 religious (204 brothers, 96 sisters), 177 seminarians