Diocese of Otukpo
Otukpoën(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Otukpo, Nigeria
The Diocese of Otukpo is a Latin Church diocese in Benue State, Nigeria, erected in 1995 from the Diocese of Makurdi. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Abuja.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 July 1995
- Latin
- Otukpoën(us)
- Annuario code
- 001002490
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 502,437
- Population
- 2,843,105
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 17.7%
- Priests
- 114
- Catholics per priest
- 4,407
- Extent
- 24,461 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 21
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
- Michael Ekwoy Apochi
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 Francis' Cathedral, Otukpo stands in Otukpo, 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 Abuja
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Abuja.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AbujaAbuja
- Diocese of GbokoGboko
- Diocese of IdahIdah
- Diocese of Katsina-AlaKatsina-Ala
- Diocese of LafiaLafia
- Diocese of LokojaLokoja
- Diocese of MakurdiMakurdi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Otukpo in Nigeria hosts the Roman Catholic Diocese of Otukpo (Latin: Otukpoën(us)), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Abuja.
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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.