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Metropolitan see Calabar, Nigeria

Archdiocese of Calabar

Calabaren(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Calabar is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Cross River State, Nigeria, originating as an apostolic prefecture in 1934, made a diocese in 1950, and elevated to archdiocese in 1994. Its suffragans are Ikot Ekpene, Ogoja, Port Harcourt and Uyo, and Archbishop Joseph Effiong Ekuwem has led it since 2013.

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The address the register holds for Sacred Heart Cathedral, in Calabar, Nigeria.

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Established
1950
Catholics
352,721
Priests
102
Territory
7,754 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Joseph Effiong Ekuwem
Born
18 December 1949
Birthplace
Offi Udah

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The cathedral

Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Calabar, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Saint Mary's Pro-Cathedral.

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History

Seated in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria, the Archdiocese of Calabar (Archidioecesis Calabarensis) is a Latin rite see whose archbishop serves as metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province with four suffragan dioceses: Ikot Ekpene, Ogoja, Port Harcourt, and Uyo.

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