Continent: Western and Northern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Ogoja / Ogogiaën(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Calabar
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅
Bishop (2017.04.09 – ...): | Bishop Donatus Edet Akpan (71) |
Bishops of Ogoja (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Donatus Edet Akpan (71) Bishop of Ogoja (Nigeria)
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Bishop John Ebebe Ayah (64) | ||||||||||
Bishop John Ebebe Ayah (64)
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Bishop Joseph Edra Ukpo (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S.
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Prefects Apostolic of Ogoja (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S. (later Bishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Msgr. Patrick Joseph Whitney, S.P.S.
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Area: 125,557 km²
Population: 1,027,000 Catholics (31.6% of 3,254,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 79 parishes, 5 missions
Personnel: 145 priests (141 diocesan, 4 religious), 55 religious (4 brothers, 51 sisters), 110 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.04.14
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