Diocese of Auchi
Auchian(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Auchi, Nigeria
The Diocese of Auchi is a Latin Church diocese in Edo State, Nigeria, erected on November 6, 2002. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benin City, with its see at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Auchi.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 November 2002
- Latin
- Auchian(us)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001000752
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 65,000
- Population
- 800,200
- Catholic share
- 8.1%
- Priests
- 94
- Catholics per priest
- 691
- Extent
- 6,116 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Gabriel Ghiakhomo Dunia
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Auchi stands in Auchi, 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.
The province of Benin City
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Benin City.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Benin CityBenin City
- Diocese of BomadiBomadi
- Diocese of Issele-UkuIssele-Uku
- Diocese of UromiUromi
- Diocese of WarriWarri
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Edo State, Nigeria, the city of Auchi is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Auchi (Latin: Auchian(us)), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Benin City.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].