Metropolitan see Onitsha, Nigeria
Archdiocese of Onitsha
Onitshan(us)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Onitsha is a metropolitan Latin Church archdiocese in Anambra State, Nigeria, originating as the Apostolic Prefecture of the Lower Niger in 1889 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1950. It is the metropolitan see for a province of suffragan dioceses across Anambra, Enugu, and Ebonyi States.
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- Established
- 1889
- Catholics
- 1,370,000
- Priests
- 544
- Territory
- 1,390 km²
Parishes and churches
150 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Holy Trinity CathedralOnitsha · CathedralView parish
- All Hallows' Seminary, OnitshaOnitshaView parish
- All Saints' ParishNkporView parish
- Archdiocesan secretariatOnitshaView parish
- Army ChaplaincyOnitshaView parish
- Blessed Iwene Tansi Major SeminaryOnitshaView parish
- Blessed Iwene Tansi ParishOnitshaView parish
- Blessed Iwene Tansi Parish(1)AwadaView parish
- Blessed Iwene Tansi Parish(2)UmudiokaView parish
- Blessed John Paul II Independent StationOnitshaView parish
- Catholic Archdiocese of OnitshaOnitshaView parish
- Catholic Church of the Assumption ParishUmuojiView parish
- Catholic Institute of West Africa {CIWA}Port HarcourtView parish
- Christ the King ParishAbateteView parish
- Christ the King's ParishOnitshaView parish
- Chukwu bu Eze ParishOssomalaView parish
- Holy Cross' ParishNkporView parish
- Holy Family ParishUmuojiView parish
- Holy Family Parish (3)OraukwuView parish
- Holy Family Parish (Borromeo)OnitshaView parish
- Holy Family Parish(1)Awka-EtitiView parish
- Holy Family Parish(2)NkporView parish
- Holy Family Youth VillageAmanseaView parish
- Holy Rosary Specialist Hospital & MaternityOnitshaView parish
- Holy Spirit ParishOgidiView parish
- Holy Spirit Parish(1)OnitshaView parish
- Holy Spirit Parish(2)ObosiView parish
- Holy Trinity ParishOnitshaView parish
- Holy Trinity Parish(2)OgidiView parish
- Immaculate Conception ParishOnitshaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Valerian Maduka Okeke
- Born
- 20 October 1953
- Birthplace
- Umudioka
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The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, Onitsha stands in Onitsha, 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
Anambra State, Nigeria is home to the Archdiocese of Onitsha (Latin: Archidiœcesis Onitshanus), a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church whose territory takes in the towns of Onitsha, Ogidi, Nkpor, Nnobi, Ojoto, Oba, Nkwelle Ezunaka, Umuoji, and Umudioka and Abatete. By population it is the largest diocese in Nigeria: 196 parishes serve around 1.3 million Catholics, alongside hundreds of Catholic schools, hospitals and charities.