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Suffragan diocese Ahiara, Nigeria

Diocese of Ahiara

Ahiaran(us)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Ahiara is a Latin rite diocese in the Mbaise region of Imo State, Nigeria, erected in 1987 from the Diocese of Owerri and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Owerri. Simeon Okezuo Nwobi was appointed its bishop in May 2024 after a prolonged leadership dispute.

On the map

Esri
Ahiara, Nigeria, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1987
Catholics
401,506
Priests
184
Territory
425 km²

Parishes and churches

82 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F.

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The cathedral

Mater Ecclesiae Cathedral stands in Ahiara, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Situated at Ahiara in the Mbaise region of Imo State, Nigeria, this Latin Church diocese (Latin: Ahiaran(a)) serves as a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Owerri.

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