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.
On the map
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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.
- Immaculate Heart of Mary's ParishFeggeView parish
- Kristi bu Chukwu ParishOgwu-IkpeleView parish
- Madonna ParishIyiowa-OdekpeView parish
- Madonna Parish(1)NkporView parish
- Madonna Parish(2)NnobiView parish
- Mater Misericordiea ChaplaincyOnitshaView parish
- Most Holy Name of Mary's ParishAbateteView parish
- Oluchukwu Microfinance BankOnitshaView parish
- Our Lady of Assumption's ParishOgidiView parish
- Our Lady of Assumption's Parish(1)NkporView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima HospitalAwka-EtitiView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima's ParishOnitshaView parish
- Our Lady of Seven Sorrows' ParishUmuojiView parish
- Our Lady Queen of All SaintsOnitshaView parish
- Our Lady Queen of Peace ParishFeggeView parish
- Our Lady Queen of the Apostle's ParishNkwelle-EzunakaView parish
- Regina Caeli ParishUmuojiView parish
- River State Police CommandPort HarcourtView parish
- Sacred Heart ParishOnitshaView parish
- Sacred Heart Parish(1)NtejeView parish
- SS. John & Paul's ParishOnitshaView parish
- SS. Peter & Paul ParishNkutakuView parish
- St Maxmillian Prison ChaplaincyOnitshaView parish
- St Pius X SeminaryAkwu-UkwuView parish
- St. Albert the Great Independent StationOraukwuView parish
- St. Albert the Great ParishObosiView parish
- St. Albert the Great Parish(1)ObosiView parish
- St. Alphonsus' ParishNkporView parish
- St. Ann's ParishAwka-EtitiView parish
- St. Anthony of Padua's ParishNkporView 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.