Diocese of Warri
Varrien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Warri, Nigeria
The Diocese of Warri is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Delta State, Nigeria, erected in 1964 and part of the ecclesiastical province of Benin City. Anthony Ovayero Ewherido was appointed bishop in 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 March 1964
- Latin
- Varrien(sis)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001000139
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 106,298
- Population
- 2,614,857
- Catholic share
- 4.1%
- Priests
- 151
- Catholics per priest
- 704
- Extent
- 15,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.1
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
- Anthony O. Ewherido
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Warri, 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 Benin City
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Benin City.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Benin CityBenin City
- Diocese of AuchiAuchi
- Diocese of BomadiBomadi
- Diocese of Issele-UkuIssele-Uku
- Diocese of UromiUromi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Nigeria, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Warri (Latin: Varrien(sis)) has its seat in the city of Warri and forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Benin City.
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].