Diocese of Ekwulobia
Ekvulobian(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ekwulobia, Nigeria
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 March 2020
- Latin
- Ekvulobian(us)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001005102
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 602,115
- Population
- 984,415
- Catholic share
- 61.2%
- Extent
- 675 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 892
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
- Peter Ebere Okpaleke
- Born
- 1 March 1963
- Birthplace
- Amesi
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
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.
The province of Onitsha
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Onitsha.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of OnitshaOnitsha
- Diocese of AbakalikiAbakaliki
- Diocese of AguleriAguleri
- Diocese of AwguAwgu
- Diocese of AwkaAwka
- Diocese of EnuguEnugu
- Diocese of NnewiNnewi
- Diocese of NsukkaNsukka
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].