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Suffragan diocese Nsukka, Nigeria

Diocese of Nsukka

Nsukkan(us)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Theresa Cathedral, Nsukka, in Nsukka, Nigeria.

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Established
1990
Catholics
732,503
Priests
276
Territory
3,792 km²

Parishes and churches

153 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Godfrey Igwebuike Onah
Born
18 August 1956
Birthplace
Imilike Ani

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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.

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.

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