Continent: Western and Northern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Owerri / Overrien(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Aba, Ahiara, Okigwe, Orlu, Umuahia
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Metropolitan Archbishop (2022.03.06 – ...): | ![]() President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria |
Auxiliary Bishop (2019.10.17 – ...): | ![]() Titular Bishop of Flumenzer |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Owerri (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Owerri (Nigeria)
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Owerri (Nigeria)
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Bishops of Owerri (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
(see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Mark Onwuha Unegbu
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Bishop Joseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp.
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Vicars Apostolic of Owerri (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Joseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp. (see above) |
Area: 2,996 km²
Population: 1,049,213 Catholics (69.4% of 1,511,064 total) (2021)
Statistics: 185 parishes, 402 priests (300 diocesan, 102 religious), 610 religious (309 brothers, 301 sisters), 154 seminarians (2021)
Last updated on 2023.09.24
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