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
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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. Brigid’s ParishOzizzaView parish
- St. Camillus ParishIdembiaView parish
- St. CatherineEreiView parish
- St. Charles ParishEffiumView parish
- St. Charles’ ParishNigercemView parish
- St. Charles’ ParishNsokkaraView parish
- St. Damian ParishAmoffia-NgboView parish
- St. Denis ParishOhage-WakaView parish
- St. Desmond Parish, AzuinyabaAzuinyabaView parish
- St. Elizabeth ParishItem-IkwoView parish
- St. Endan’s ParishUmuogharaView parish
- St. Francis Parish Ezza-SouthAmekaView parish
- St. Gabriel ParishOnuebonyiView parish
- St. Gabriel’s OkuzzuUkawuView parish
- St. Gabriel’s ParishAmasiriView parish
- St. James ParishIshiaguView parish
- St. James ParishObegu-EzzaguView parish
- St. John the Baptist ParishNdubiaView parish
- St. John the Evangelist ParishIbokoView parish
- St. John the Evangelist ParishOkpaugwuView parish
- St. John’s ParishAkpohaView parish
- St. John’s ParishAmuzuView parish
- St. Joseph ParishAmenuView parish
- St. Joseph ParishKpoghirikpoView parish
- St. Joseph’s ParishEguhuoView parish
- St. Joseph’s ParishObeguView parish
- St. Joseph’s ParishOdageri-IddaView parish
- St. Joseph’s ParishOdomokeView parish
- St. Joseph’s ParishUkawuView parish
- St. Jude ParishNdulo-OkpuitumoView 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.