Suffragan diocese Issele-Uku, Nigeria
Diocese of Issele-Uku
Isseleukuan(us)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Issele-Uku is a Latin Church diocese in Delta State, Nigeria, erected on 5 July 1973 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Benin City. It covers the northern part of Delta State west of the River Niger, including the state capital Asaba.
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- Established
- 1973
- Catholics
- 364,000
- Priests
- 196
- Territory
- 3,011 km²
Parishes and churches
93 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Joseph Catholic Church, AkumaziAkumaziView parish
- St. Joseph Catholic Church, NsukwaNsukwaView parish
- St. Joseph Pro-Cathedral AsabaAsabaView parish
- St. Jude Catholic Church, Owa-OyibuOwa-OyibuView parish
- St. Jude’s Catholic Church, OdukeOdukeView parish
- St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Issele-MkpitimeIssele-MkpitimeView parish
- St. Louis Catholic Church, Ekuku-AgborEkuku-AgborView parish
- St. Luke The Evangelist Catholic Church, EmuhuEmuhuView parish
- St. Mark’s Catholic Church, AlisimieAlisimieView parish
- St. Martin Of Tours Catholic Church, IgbodoIgbodoView parish
- St. Matthew Catholic Church, Idumuje-UnorIdumuje-UnorView parish
- St. Matthew’s Catholic Church, AlibubaAlibubaView parish
- St. Michael Catholic Church, AdonteAdonteView parish
- St. Michael Catholic Church, OkoOkoView parish
- St. Michael Catholic Church, Onicha-UkuOnicha-UkuView parish
- St. Michael The Archangel Catholic Church, AgborAgborView parish
- St. Michael’s Catholic Church, OkpanamOkpanamView parish
- St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Ubulu-UkuUbulu-UkuView parish
- St. Monica Catholic Church, IbusaIbusaView parish
- St. Monica’s Catholic Church, Asaba Uda LayoutAsaba Uda LayoutView parish
- St. Mulumba Catholic Chaplaincy, OkpanamOkpanamView parish
- St. Patrick Catholic Church, Cable Point, AsabaAsabaView parish
- St. Patrick Catholic Church, Ogwashi-UkuOgwashi-UkuView parish
- St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, AbavoAbavoView parish
- St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Ime-Obi, AgborAgborView parish
- St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, West-End, AsabaAsabaView parish
- St. Raphael Catholic Church, Akwukwu-IgboAkwukwu-IgboView parish
- St. Stephen Catholic Church, OkweOkweView parish
- St. Theresa Catholic Church, EbuEbuView parish
- St. Theresa Catholic Church, OkweOkweView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Michael Odogwu Elue
- Born
- 4 April 1956
- Birthplace
- Ute-Ogbeje
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The cathedral
Saint Paul Cathedral stands in Issele-Uku, 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
On the west bank of the Niger River, between Benin City to the west and Onitsha to the east, sits the city of Issele-Uku in Delta State, seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Issele-Uku (Latin: Isseleukuan(us)). The diocese belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, and takes in six local government areas in the northern portion of Delta State. Its neighbors are the Archdiocese of Onitsha to the east, the Archdiocese of Benin City to the west, the Diocese of Uromi to the north, and the Diocese of Warri to the south.