Diocese of Uyo, Nigeria 🇳🇬

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Uyo / Uyoën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Calabar

Neighbouring Dioceses: Port Harcourt (↙), Ikot Ekpene (←), Umuahia (↖), Calabar (→)

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1989.07.04: Established as Diocese of Uyo / Uyoën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Calabar and became suffragan of Onitsha)
1994.03.26: Became suffragan of Calabar

Bishop (2014.07.05 – ...):

Bishop John Ebebe Ayah (66)

Bishops of Uyo (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Ebebe Ayah (66)
(2014.07.05 – ...)

Bishop of Uyo (Nigeria)

Priest of Ogoja (Nigeria) (1993.07.24 – 2006.10.14)

Bishop of Ogoja (Nigeria) (2006.10.14 – 2014.07.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Ogoja (Nigeria) (2014.07.05 – 2017.04.09)

Bishop of Uyo (Nigeria) (2014.07.05 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Effiong Ekuwem (76) (later Archbishop)
(1989.07.04 – 2013.02.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Calabar (Nigeria)

Priest of Calabar (Nigeria) (1979.06.30 – 1989.07.04)

Bishop of Uyo (Nigeria) (1989.07.04 – 2013.02.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Calabar (Nigeria) (2013.02.02 – ...)

Area: 8,342 km²

Population: 988,158 Catholics (12.6% of 7,873,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 92 parishes

Personnel: 119 priests (115 diocesan, 4 religious), 65 religious (4 brothers, 61 sisters), 35 seminarians