Diocese of Orlu
Orluan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Orlu, Nigeria
The Diocese of Orlu is a Latin Church diocese in Imo State, Nigeria, established in 1980 from the Diocese of Owerri. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Owerri, with Holy Trinity Cathedral as its seat.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 November 1980
- Latin
- Orluan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001002473
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 562,837
- Population
- 881,385
- Catholic share
- 63.9%
- Priests
- 337
- Catholics per priest
- 1,670
- Extent
- 929 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 606
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Augustine Tochukwu Ukwuoma
- Born
- 29 August 1953
- Birthplace
- Amucha
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Orlu stands in Orlu, 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.
The province of Owerri
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Owerri.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of OwerriOwerri
- Diocese of AbaAba
- Diocese of AhiaraAhiara
- Diocese of OkigweOkigwe
- Diocese of UmuahiaUmuahia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].