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Diocese of Enugu

Enuguen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Enugu, Nigeria

The Diocese of Enugu is a Latin Church diocese in Enugu, Nigeria, erected on 12 November 1962. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Onitsha.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
12 November 1962
Latin
Enuguen(sis)
Annuario code
001001368

The see in figures

Catholics
1,270,979
Population
2,118,298
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
60.0%
Priests
529
Catholics per priest
2,403
Extent
2,738 km²
Catholics per km²
464

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
Callistus Valentine Merkle

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

Holy Ghost Cathedral stands in Enugu, 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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

The city of Enugu in Nigeria is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese of the same name (Latin: Enuguen(sis)), belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Onitsha.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.