Diocese of Ikot Ekpene
Ikotekpenen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria
The Diocese of Ikot Ekpene is a Latin Church diocese in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, erected on 1 March 1963 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Calabar. Bishop Camillus Raymond Umoh has led the see since 2010.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 March 1963
- Latin
- Ikotekpenen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anne
- Annuario code
- 001001650
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 98,552
- Population
- 908,028
- Catholic share
- 10.9%
- Priests
- 201
- Catholics per priest
- 490
- Extent
- 2,263 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 44
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
- Camillus Raymond Umoh
- Born
- 18 July 1956
- Birthplace
- Nto Iblam
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
Saint Anne Cathedral, Ikot Ekpene stands in Ikot Ekpene, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Saint John Pro-Cathedral, Abak.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Calabar
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Calabar.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CalabarCalabar
- Diocese of OgojaOgoja
- Diocese of Port HarcourtPort Harcourt
- Diocese of UyoUyo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].