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Diocese of

Issele-Uku

Nigeria Nigeria

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

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

Ecclesiastical Province: Benin City

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2003.11.14 – ...):Bishop Michael Odogwu Elue (66)Bishop Michael Odogwu Elue (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Issele-Uku (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michael Odogwu Elue (66)Bishop Michael Odogwu Elue (66)
(2003.11.14 – ...)

Bishop of Issele-Uku (Nigeria)

Born:1956.04.04 (Ute-Ogbeje, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1984.08.18
Consecrated Bishop:2004.02.21

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

Bishop Emmanuel Otteh
(1996.11.08 – 2003.11.14)

Born:1927 (Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1961.07.30
Consecrated Bishop:1990.09.02
Died:2012.07.27 († 85)

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 (91)Bishop Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji (91)
(1973.07.05 – 1996.11.08)

Bishop emeritus of Enugu (Nigeria)

Born:1931.10.29 (Ubulu-Uku, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1958.11.23
Consecrated Bishop:1973.09.30

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)

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Statistics

Area: 3,011 km²

Population: 329,930 Catholics (22.5% of 1,469,570 total) (2020)

Statistics: 94 parishes, 196 priests (diocesan), 13 lay religious (1 brother, 12 sisters), 54 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.02.25

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