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.
- St. Martin’s ParishIhialaView parish
- St. Mary Mother of God ParishAkwaihediView parish
- St. Mary Mother of the Church ParishTown not recordedView parish
- St. Mary ParishEkwulumiliView parish
- St. Mary the Queen’s ParishAziaView parish
- St. Marytin’s ParishNnewiView parish
- St. Mary’s ParishOraifiteView parish
- St. Mary’s ParishTown not recordedView parish
- St. Mary’s ParishAkwaihediView parish
- St. Mary’s ParishEkwulumiliView parish
- St. Mary’s ParishNnewiView parish
- St. Mary’s ParishOkijaView parish
- St. Mary’s ParishOraititeView parish
- St. Mary’s ParishOrsumoghuView parish
- St. Mary’s ParishUmuohamaView parish
- St. Mary’s ParishUmuzuView parish
- St. Matthew’s ParishEbenatorView parish
- St. Matthew’s ParishUkporView parish
- St. Michael’s ParishTown not recordedView parish
- St. Michael’s ParishAmakwaView parish
- St. Michael’s ParishEzinifiteView parish
- St. Michael’s ParishEzioraView parish
- St. Michael’s ParishEziora- OzubuluView parish
- St. Michael’s ParishNnewiView parish
- St. Michael’s ParishOkijaView parish
- St. Michael’s ParishUmudimView parish
- St. Micheal’s ParishNnewiView parish
- St. Micheal’s ParishAmakwa- OzubuluView parish
- St. Micheal’s ParishEzinifiteView parish
- St. Micheal’s ParishEzioraView 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.