Diocese of Enugu
Enuguen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Enugu, Nigeria
The Diocese of Enugu is a Latin Church diocese in Enugu, Nigeria, erected on 12 November 1962. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Onitsha.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 November 1962
- Latin
- Enuguen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001368
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,270,979
- Population
- 2,118,298
- Catholic share
- 60.0%
- Priests
- 529
- Catholics per priest
- 2,403
- Extent
- 2,738 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 464
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
- Callistus Valentine Merkle
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
Holy Ghost Cathedral stands in Enugu, 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 EkwulobiaEkwulobia
- Diocese of NnewiNnewi
- Diocese of NsukkaNsukka
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Enugu in Nigeria is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese of the same name (Latin: Enuguen(sis)), belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Onitsha.
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].