Diocese of Awka
Avkaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Awka, Nigeria
The Diocese of Awka is a Latin Church diocese in Anambra State, Nigeria, established on November 10, 1977, from the Archdiocese of Onitsha. It is a suffragan of Onitsha with its see at St. Patrick's Cathedral, led by Bishop Paulinus Ezeokafor.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 November 1977
- Latin
- Avkaën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001000768
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 635,595
- Population
- 1,277,990
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 49.7%
- Priests
- 572
- Catholics per priest
- 1,111
- Extent
- 1,551 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 410
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
- Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor
- Born
- 13 September 1952
- Birthplace
- Nanka
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
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Awka stands in Awka, 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 Onitsha
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Onitsha.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of OnitshaOnitsha
- Diocese of AbakalikiAbakaliki
- Diocese of AguleriAguleri
- Diocese of AwguAwgu
- Diocese of EkwulobiaEkwulobia
- Diocese of EnuguEnugu
- Diocese of NnewiNnewi
- Diocese of NsukkaNsukka
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within Nigeria's ecclesiastical province of Onitsha, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Awka (Latin: Avkaën(sis)) has its seat in the city of Awka, Anambra State.
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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.