Suffragan diocese Nnewi, Nigeria
Diocese of Nnewi
Nnevien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Nnewi is a Latin Church diocese in the northern part of Anambra State, Nigeria, erected in 2001 from the Archdiocese of Onitsha, of which it is a suffragan. Its newly dedicated Cathedral of Our Lady of Assumption is in Nnewi, led by Bishop Jonas Benson Okoye since 2022.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 2001
- Catholics
- 458,302
- Priests
- 205
- Territory
- 662 km²
Parishes and churches
144 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Our Lady of Assumption Cathedral ParishNnewi · CathedralView parish
- All Saints ParishMbosiView parish
- All Saints ParishOraifiteView parish
- All Saints’ ParishNnewiView parish
- All Saints’ ParishIhialaParish PriestView parish
- Christ the King ParishOzubuluView parish
- Christ the King ParishIhialaView parish
- Christ the King ParishIhialavView parish
- Christ The King ParishOkijaView parish
- Christian Nwakile ParishTown not recordedView parish
- Christopher Ezimo ParishTown not recordedView parish
- Divine Mercy ParishIchi STRUCTURALView parish
- Divine Mercy ParishIchiView parish
- Divine Mercy ParishOraifiteView parish
- Holy Family ParishNnewiView parish
- Holy Family ParishNnewiEView parish
- Holy Family ParishUkporView parish
- Holy Spirit ParishNnewiView parish
- Holy Spirit ParishOsumenyiView parish
- Holy Trinity ParishOnitshaView parish
- Holy Trinity ParishNnewiView parish
- Holy Trinity ParishUkporView parish
- Immaculate Conception ParishOrsumoghuView parish
- Immaculate Heart ParishIhialaView parish
- Mary the Queen ParishAziaView parish
- Mary the Queen ParishIhembosiView parish
- Mary the Queen ParishIhialaView parish
- Our Lady Gate of Heaven ParishEzinifiteView parish
- Our Lady of Assumption ParishNnewiView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima ParishOraifiteView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jonas Benson Okoye
- Born
- 25 January 1963
- Birthplace
- Kaduna
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Assumption stands in Nnewi, 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
Seated in Nnewi, in Nigeria's Anambra State, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nnewi (Latin: Nnevien(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Onitsha.