Diocese of Umuahia
Umuahian(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Umuahia, Nigeria
The Diocese of Umuahia is a Latin Church diocese in Abia State, Nigeria, erected in 1958 from the Diocese of Owerri and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Owerri. Its bishop is Michael Kalu Ukpong, appointed diocesan bishop in November 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 June 1958
- Latin
- Umuahian(us)
- Patron
- María Madre de Dios
- Annuario code
- 001000043
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 199,000
- Population
- 884,209
- Catholic share
- 22.5%
- Priests
- 156
- Catholics per priest
- 1,276
- Extent
- 2,460 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 81
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
- Michael Kalu Ukpong
- Born
- 15 December 1964
- Birthplace
- Amaekpu Ohafia
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
Mater Dei Cathedral, Umuahia stands in Umuahia, 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 OrluOrlu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on the city of Umuahia, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Umuahia (Latin: Umuahian(a)) once belonged to the Old Ecclesiastical Province of Onitsha; today it forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Owerri in Nigeria, which was erected on 26 March 1994. A Bishop and Diocese of Umuahia also exist in the Church of Nigeria's Province of Aba.
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].