Diocese of Ikot Ekpene

Ikotekpenen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria

The Diocese of Ikot Ekpene is a Latin Church diocese in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, erected on 1 March 1963 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Calabar. Bishop Camillus Raymond Umoh has led the see since 2010.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 1 March 1963
Latin: Ikotekpenen(sis)
Patron: Saint Anne
Annuario code: 001001650

The see in figures

Catholics: 98,552
Population: 908,028
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 10.9%
Priests: 201
Catholics per priest: 490
Extent: 2,263 km²
Catholics per km²: 44

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: Camillus Raymond Umoh
Born: 18 July 1956
Birthplace: Nto Iblam

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

Saint Anne Cathedral, Ikot Ekpene stands in Ikot Ekpene, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Saint John Pro-Cathedral, Abak.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Calabar

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Calabar.

The sees of this province:

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

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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.