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.
On the map
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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.
- St. FrancisUmuezegwuView parish
- St. FrancisUmuobiala, IsuikwuatoView parish
- St. IgnatiusUmunumoView parish
- St. Ita’sC.K.C IbemeView parish
- St. JosephAchara, ObowoView parish
- St. Joseph’sUmualumakuView parish
- St. Joseph’sUmucheke, OkweView parish
- St. JudeUmueze Ii (Omaeke)View parish
- St. Jude’sMbano HqsView parish
- St. LawrenceUmuduru/Umuopara NsuView parish
- St. Martin’sAchaView parish
- St. Mary’sChibugwumba AmuziView parish
- St. Mary’sArondizuoguView parish
- St. Mary’sEziama Oboh, OsuView parish
- St. Mary’sOkigweView parish
- St. Mary’sUmuihi IhitteView parish
- St. Michael'sOdenkumeView parish
- St. Michael's ParishAro OgiiView parish
- St. Michael’sAchara UturuView parish
- St. Michael’sAminyintaView parish
- St. Michael’sArondizuoguView parish
- St. Michael’sUgirinnaView parish
- St. Michael’sUmuelekeView parish
- St. Michael’sUmueze IView parish
- St. Michael’sUmuezeala OgwaraView parish
- St. Michael’sUmukabiaView parish
- St. Michael’s ParishUmuopara UgiriView parish
- St. Patrick’sEhimeView parish
- St. Patrick’sUgiriView parish
- St. Patrick’sUmuezegwuView 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.