Diocese of Nsukka
Nsukkan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nsukka, Nigeria
The Diocese of Nsukka is a Latin Church diocese in Enugu State, Nigeria, erected in 1990 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Onitsha. Its cathedral is St. Theresa Cathedral and it has been led by Bishop Godfrey Igwebuike Onah since 2013.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 November 1990
- Latin
- Nsukkan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001002422
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 732,503
- Population
- 857,974
- Catholic share
- 85.4%
- Priests
- 276
- Catholics per priest
- 2,654
- Extent
- 3,792 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 193
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
- Godfrey Igwebuike Onah
- Born
- 18 August 1956
- Birthplace
- Imilike Ani
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
St. Theresa Cathedral, Nsukka stands in Nsukka, 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.
The province of Onitsha
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Onitsha.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of OnitshaOnitsha
- Diocese of AbakalikiAbakaliki
- Diocese of AguleriAguleri
- Diocese of AwguAwgu
- Diocese of AwkaAwka
- Diocese of EkwulobiaEkwulobia
- Diocese of EnuguEnugu
- Diocese of NnewiNnewi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in the Nigerian city of Nsukka, the Diocese of Nsukka (Latin: Nsukkan(a)) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church and a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Onitsha. To strengthen the training, formation, and organization of its schools staff, the diocese has partnered with the Office of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.
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].