Diocese of Issele-Uku, Nigeria

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Issele-Uku / Isseleukuan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Benin City

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1973.07.05: Established as Diocese of Issele-Uku / Isseleukuan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Benin City and became suffragan of Lagos)
1994.03.26: Became suffragan of Benin City

Bishop (2003.11.14 – ...):

Bishop Michael Odogwu Elue (68)

Bishops of Issele-Uku (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michael Odogwu Elue (68)
(2003.11.14 – ...)

Bishop of Issele-Uku (Nigeria)

Priest of Issele-Uku (Nigeria) (1984.08.18 – 2003.11.14)

Bishop of Issele-Uku (Nigeria) (2003.11.14 – ...)

Bishop Emmanuel Otteh
(1996.11.08 – 2003.11.14)

Titular Bishop of Cova (1990.06.11 – 1996.11.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Onitsha (Nigeria) (1990.06.11 – 1996.11.08)

Bishop of Issele-Uku (Nigeria) (1996.11.08 – 2003.11.14)

Bishop Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji (92)
(1973.07.05 – 1996.11.08)

Bishop emeritus of Enugu (Nigeria)

Priest of Issele-Uku (Nigeria) (1958.11.23 – 1973.07.05)

Bishop of Issele-Uku (Nigeria) (1973.07.05 – 1996.11.08)

Bishop of Enugu (Nigeria) (1996.11.08 – 2009.02.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Benin City (Nigeria) (2010.05.31 – 2011.03.18)

Warri (↙), Benin City (←), Uromi (↑), Aguleri (→), Onitsha (↘)

Area: 3,011 km²

Population: 340,000 Catholics (22.4% of 1,517,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 105 parishes

Personnel: 186 priests (diocesan), 13 religious (1 brother, 12 sisters), 122 seminarians