Diocese of Aba
Aban(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Aba, Nigeria
The Diocese of Aba is a Latin Church diocese in Abia State, Nigeria, erected in 1990 from the Diocese of Umuahia. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Owerri, with Christ the King Cathedral as its seat.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 April 1990
- Latin
- Aban(us)
- Patron
- Christ the King
- Annuario code
- 001000581
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 585,021
- Population
- 2,253,090
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 26.0%
- Priests
- 147
- Catholics per priest
- 3,980
- Extent
- 2,494 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 235
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Augustine Ndubueze Echema
- Born
- 28 December 1958
- Birthplace
- Ohuhu Nsulu
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Christ the King Cathedral stands in Aba, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Owerri
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Owerri.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of OwerriOwerri
- Diocese of AhiaraAhiara
- Diocese of OkigweOkigwe
- Diocese of OrluOrlu
- Diocese of UmuahiaUmuahia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Named for the major commercial city of Aba in Abia State, Nigeria, this Roman Catholic diocese was carved out of Umuahia Diocese on April 2, 1990. Vincent Valentine Ezeonyia, CSSp, became its first diocesan bishop: he received episcopal ordination on 1 July 1990 at Mater Dei Cathedral in Umuahia, and the following day, 2 July 1990, he was installed at Christ the King Church.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.