Suffragan diocese Ogoja, Nigeria
Diocese of Ogoja
Ogogiaën(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1955
- Catholics
- 902,975
- Priests
- 67
- Territory
- 12,557 km²
Parishes and churches
10 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Benedict CathedralOgoja · CathedralView parish
- Corpus Christi ParishTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Cross ParishTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Spirit ParishAbuochicheView parish
- Mary Immaculate ParishTown not recordedView parish
- Mater Redemptorist ParishTown not recordedView parish
- St. Joseph’s ParishTown not recordedView parish
- St. Luke’s ParishTown not recordedView parish
- St. Mark’s ParishKakwagom-Irruan BokiView parish
- St. Thomas Aquinas ParishIgoli-OgojaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Donatus Edet Akpan
- Born
- 7 August 1952
- Birthplace
- Ikot Ada Utor
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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.
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.
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