Suffragan diocese Otukpo, Nigeria
Diocese of Otukpo
Otukpoën(us)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Otukpo is a Latin Church diocese in Benue State, Nigeria, erected in 1995 from the Diocese of Makurdi. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Abuja.
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- Established
- 1995
- Catholics
- 502,437
- Priests
- 114
- Territory
- 24,461 km²
Parishes and churches
46 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Mark’s Parish, Okpokwu-ItoOkpokwu-ItoView parish
- St. Martin’s Parish, OnyangedeOnyangedeView parish
- St. Mary’s Parish, OtukpoOtukpoView parish
- St. Mathew’s Mission, OjigoOjigoView parish
- St. Nicholas’ Parish, ObussaObussaView parish
- St. Patricia’s Mission, IgumaleIgumaleView parish
- St. Patrick’s Mission, AokpeAokpeView parish
- St. Patrick’s Parish, Obarike-ItoObarike-ItoView parish
- St. Paul’s Parish, UtonkonUtonkonView parish
- St. Peter Claver’s Parish, OlanyegaOlanyegaView parish
- St. Peter’s Parish, AgilaAgilaView parish
- St. Stephen’s Parish, OtukpaOtukpaView parish
- St. Sylvester’s Parish, OlachagbahaOlachagbahaView parish
- St. Theresa’s Parish, Oshigbudu-AgatuOshigbudu-AgatuView parish
- St. Thomas Parish, OjuOjuView parish
- St. Vincent’s Parish, OgobiaOgobiaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Michael Ekwoy Apochi
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The cathedral
St Francis' Cathedral, Otukpo stands in Otukpo, 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
The city of Otukpo in Nigeria hosts the Roman Catholic Diocese of Otukpo (Latin: Otukpoën(us)), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Abuja.
This see in the wire
Stories that name this see
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- Nigerian seminarian escapes unhurt
- Nigerian Seminarian Kelvin Ochai escapes from abductors
- Deep sorrow over the killing of Father Oyetoro; relief over the release of the seminarian kidnapped in Otukpo
- Seminarian Abducted from Bishop’s Residence in Nigeria
Filed by the see itself
Published on the see's own news feed. A diocese reports on the whole Church, so these are often about somewhere else.
- Archbishop Martins comforts mourners
- Archbishop Martins comforts mourners
- CBCN – ASO ROCK ENCOUNTER 12 SALIENT POINTS & SOME RESPONSES
- CBCN – ASO ROCK ENCOUNTER12 SALIENT POINTS & SOME RESPONSES
- Nigerian Bishops Challenge Tinubu
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