Diocese of Ogoja
Ogogiaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ogoja, Nigeria
The Diocese of Ogoja in Cross River State, Nigeria, began as an apostolic prefecture in 1938 and was erected as a diocese in 1955. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Calabar, its cathedral is St. Benedict Cathedral, and Bishop Donatus Edet Akpan has led it since 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 January 1955
- Latin
- Ogogiaën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Benedict
- Annuario code
- 001002447
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 902,975
- Population
- 1,536,294
- Catholic share
- 58.8%
- Priests
- 67
- Catholics per priest
- 13,477
- Extent
- 12,557 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 72
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
- Donatus Edet Akpan
- Born
- 7 August 1952
- Birthplace
- Ikot Ada Utor
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. Benedict Cathedral, Ogoja stands in Ogoja, 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 Calabar
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Calabar.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CalabarCalabar
- Diocese of Ikot EkpeneIkot Ekpene
- Diocese of Port HarcourtPort Harcourt
- Diocese of UyoUyo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, the Diocese of Ogoja (Latin: Ogogiaën(sis)) is a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Calabar, while still depending on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedra stands in Saint Benedict Cathedral, named for the diocesan patron Saint Benedict, in the episcopal see of Ogoja in Cross River State.
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].