Diocese of Uyo
Uyoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Uyo, Nigeria
The Diocese of Uyo is a Latin Church diocese in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, erected in 1989 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Calabar. Its current ordinary is Bishop John Ebebe Ayah, who has led the see since 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 July 1989
- Latin
- Uyoën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000058
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 598,028
- Population
- 1,779,856
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 33.6%
- Priests
- 75
- Catholics per priest
- 7,974
- Extent
- 5,969 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 100
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
- John Ebebe Ayah
- Born
- 10 December 1959
- Birthplace
- Buya
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 Uyo, 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 Calabar
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Calabar.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CalabarCalabar
- Diocese of Ikot EkpeneIkot Ekpene
- Diocese of OgojaOgoja
- Diocese of Port HarcourtPort Harcourt
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With its episcopal see at Uyo, the Diocese of Uyo (Latin: Uyoën(sis)) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Calabar.
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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.