Continent: Western and Northern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Ahiara / Ahiaran(us) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Owerri
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
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Bishop (2024.05.03 – ...): | Bishop Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F. (64) |
Bishops of Ahiara (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F. (64) Bishop of Ahiara (Nigeria)
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Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji (72) | ||||||||||
Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan (80) | ||||||||||
Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke (61) (later Cardinal) Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno
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Bishop Victor Adibe Chikwe
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Area: 425 km²
Population: 453,005 Catholics (69.1% of 656,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 82 parishes
Personnel: 184 priests (175 diocesan, 9 religious), 177 religious (9 brothers, 168 sisters), 89 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.05.12
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