Suffragan diocese Abakaliki, Nigeria
Diocese of Abakaliki
Abakalikien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Abakaliki is a Latin Church diocese in Ebonyi State, Nigeria, erected in 1973 from the Diocese of Ogoja. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Onitsha.
On the map
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- Established
- 1973
- Catholics
- 374,680
- Priests
- 90
- Territory
- 5,953 km²
Parishes and churches
156 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Theresa’s Cathedral ParishAbakaliki · CathedralView parish
- All Saints EzzainyimaguNdiezeokeView parish
- All Saints ParishUgwueguView parish
- All Saints’ ParishInyimaguView parish
- All Saint’s ParishEffiumView parish
- Annunciation ParishUmuekeaka-NgboView parish
- Assumption ParishAmaguikwoView parish
- Assumption ParishNdaburu EbenyiView parish
- Assumption ParishOnichaView parish
- Christ Our Saviour’s ParishNgboView parish
- Christ the king ParishAmachiView parish
- Christ the King ParishNkalagu JunctionView parish
- Christ the King ParishNkalekeView parish
- Christ the King ParishNkomoroView parish
- Christ the King ParishUburuView parish
- Christ the King ParishUkpachchaView parish
- Christ The King Parish, AbomegeAbaomegeView parish
- Corpus Christi ParishUmuhualiView parish
- Emmanuel ParishEdukwachiView parish
- Holy Cross ParishEguefi OkpuitumoView parish
- Holy Family ParishEkebeligweView parish
- Holy Ghost ParishOnichaView parish
- Holy Rosary ParishAgaleguView parish
- Holy Rosary ParishOkposiView parish
- Holy Trinity ParishUmuoguduView parish
- Holy Trinity Parish EtteInyimaguView parish
- Immaculate Conception ParishNkweguView parish
- Immaculate Heart ParishNdegu OkpuitumoView parish
- John Paul II ParishNkaleke-EcharaView parish
- Maria AssumptaNdieze-OkpotoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Ernest Anezichukwu Obodo (Apostolic Administrator)
- Born
- 24 October 1966
- Birthplace
- Awha-Imezi
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The cathedral
St. Theresa Cathedral stands in Abakaliki, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Headquartered in Abakaliki, Nigeria, this Roman Catholic diocese came into being on 1 March 1973, when it was erected from territory belonging to the Diocese of Ogoja. The Right Reverend Thomas McGettrick SPS served as its first bishop. The Anglican Church of Nigeria also maintains a Diocese of Abakaliki with its own bishop.