Diocese of Wukari
Vucarien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Wukari, Nigeria
The Diocese of Wukari is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Taraba State, Nigeria, erected on 14 December 2022 from the Diocese of Jalingo. Its first and current bishop is Mark Maigida Nzukwein.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 December 2022
- Latin
- Vucarien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001005111
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 202,245
- Population
- 1,395,901
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 14.5%
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 3,816
- Extent
- 32,135 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.3
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
- Mark Maigida Nzukwein
- Born
- 15 July 1969
- Birthplace
- Jenuwa Nyifiye
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 Mary Cathedral, Wukari stands in Wukari, 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 Jos
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Jos.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of JosJos
- Diocese of BauchiBauchi
- Diocese of JalingoJalingo
- Diocese of MaiduguriMaiduguri
- Diocese of PankshinPankshin
- Diocese of ShendamShendam
- Diocese of YolaYola
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Bishop's House, P.O. Box 60 Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria
- Telephone
- [0813]79.64.949
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.