Suffragan diocese Okigwe, Nigeria
Diocese of Okigwe
Okigven(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Okigwe is a Latin Church diocese in Imo State, Nigeria, established in 1981 from the Diocese of Umuahia. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Owerri, with St. Mary's Cathedral as its seat.
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- Established
- 1981
- Catholics
- 823,483
- Priests
- 320
- Territory
- 1,824 km²
Parishes and churches
105 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral of Immaculate ConceptionOkigwe · CathedralView parish
- All SaintsAvutuView parish
- All SaintsOgiiView parish
- Archangel’s ParishUmuebieView parish
- C.K.CEhimeView parish
- Christ The KingIkperejereView parish
- Christ The KingUmuokeView parish
- Corpus ChristiDim-Na-Eze, UbomaView parish
- Good ShepherdIhubeView parish
- Gregory UniversityUturuView parish
- Holy CrossUturuView parish
- Holy FamilyEziama-NneatoView parish
- Holy FamilyMbatoView parish
- Holy FamilyUmualumokeView parish
- Holy GhostUbomaView parish
- Holy GhostUmuanunu/UmunohuView parish
- Holy RosaryDioka NzeremView parish
- Holy RosaryUmuehie, AnaraView parish
- Holy TrinityIsuochiView parish
- Holy TrinityNzeremView parish
- Holy TrinityUbomaView parish
- Immaculate ConceptionEhimeView parish
- Immaculate HeartObowoView parish
- Immaculate Heart of MaryMbala/Umuaku IsuochiView parish
- Immaculate Heart of Mary ParishAlike ObowoView parish
- Low Cost ChaplaincyOkigweView parish
- Maria AssumptaNneatoView parish
- Marist ChaplaincyUturuView parish
- Mater DolorosaIhitteView parish
- Our Lady of AssumptionUmuariamView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu
- Born
- 17 December 1950
- Birthplace
- Ukpo
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral stands in Okigwe, 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
Okigwe, a city in Imo State within Nigeria's ecclesiastical province of Owerri, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Okigwe (Latin: Okigwen(sis)). As at 2016, the diocese counted 43 missions, 219 lay religious (33 brothers, 186 sisters), and 198 seminarians.