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Diocese of

Ekwulobia

Nigeria Nigeria

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ekwulobia / Ekvulobian(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Onitsha

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.03.05 – ...):Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke (59)Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke (59)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ekwulobia (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke (59)Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke (59)
(2020.03.05 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno
Bishop of Ekwulobia (Nigeria)

Veni Sancte Spiritus

Born:1963.03.01 (Amesi, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1992.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:2013.05.21
Created Cardinal:2022.08.27

Bishop of Ahiara (Nigeria) (2012.12.07 – 2018.02.19 not possessed)

Bishop of Ekwulobia (Nigeria) (2020.03.05 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno (2022.08.27 [2023.02.05] – ...)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 676 km²

Population: 605,651 Catholics (61.3% of 987,951 total) (2020)

Statistics: 83 parishes, 305 priests (151 diocesan, 154 religious), 258 lay religious (163 brothers, 95 sisters), 21 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.02.25

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