Diocese of Uyo
Uyoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Uyo, Nigeria
The Diocese of Uyo is a Latin Church diocese in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, erected in 1989 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Calabar. Its current ordinary is Bishop John Ebebe Ayah, who has led the see since 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 July 1989
- Latin
- Uyoën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000058
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 598,028
- Population
- 1,779,856
- Catholic share
- 33.6%
- Priests
- 75
- Catholics per priest
- 7,974
- Extent
- 5,969 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 100
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
- John Ebebe Ayah
- Born
- 10 December 1959
- Birthplace
- Buya
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
Christ the King Cathedral stands in Uyo, 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 Calabar
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Calabar.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CalabarCalabar
- Diocese of Ikot EkpeneIkot Ekpene
- Diocese of OgojaOgoja
- Diocese of Port HarcourtPort Harcourt
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With its episcopal see at Uyo, the Diocese of Uyo (Latin: Uyoën(sis)) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Calabar.
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].