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Suffragan diocese Ekwulobia, Nigeria

Diocese of Ekwulobia

Ekvulobian(us)

Latin Church diocese in Anambra State, Nigeria, erected on 5 March 2020 from the Diocese of Awka and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Onitsha. Its first bishop is Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Joseph's Cathedral, in Ekwulobia, Nigeria.

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Established
2020
Catholics
602,115
Priests
514
Territory
675 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Peter Ebere Okpaleke
Born
1 March 1963
Birthplace
Amesi

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The cathedral

St. Joseph's Cathedral stands in Ekwulobia, 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

Located in Anambra State, Nigeria, the Diocese of Ekwulobia is a Latin Church jurisdiction serving as a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Onitsha. Its first bishop, Peter Ebere Cardinal Okpaleke, was installed on 29 April 2020.