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
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- 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 Fatima ParishNnewiView parish
- Our Lady Queen of Heaven ParishAmichiView parish
- Sacred Heart ParishOzubuluView parish
- Sacred Heart ParishOkijaView parish
- Sacred Heart Sisters St. Joseph’s ParishNnewiView parish
- St Joseph’s ParishOzubuluView parish
- St Luke’s ParishTown not recordedView parish
- St. Andrew’s ParishAziaView parish
- St. Anthony of Padua ParishOzubuluView parish
- St. Anthony of Padua ParishOsumenyiView parish
- St. Anthony of Padual ParishOsumenyiView parish
- St. Anthony’s ParishIhembisiView parish
- St. Anthony’s ParishIhembosiView parish
- St. Anthony’s ParishOkijaView parish
- St. Augustine’s ParishTown not recordedView parish
- St. Benedict’s ParishOkijaView parish
- St. Charles Borromeo ParishLiluView parish
- St. Charles ParishNnewiView parish
- St. Charles’s ParishNnewiView parish
- St. Christopher’s ParishTown not recordedView parish
- St. Christopher’s ParishIhialaView parish
- St. Cletus ParishOtoloView parish
- St. Cletus ParishNnewiView parish
- St. David’s ParishAzigboView parish
- St. Denis ParishLiluView parish
- St. Dennis ParishLiluView parish
- St. Felix ParishNnewiView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi ParishOzubuluView parish
- St. George’s ParishOraifiteView parish
- St. Gregory’s ParishIhialaView 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.