Roman Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki
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Diocese of Abakaliki Dioecesis Abakalikiensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Nigeria |
Ecclesiastical province | Onitsha |
Metropolitan | Archbishop of Onitsha |
Statistics | |
Area | 5,953 km2 (2,298 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 1,769,000 374,680 (21.2%) |
Parishes | 74 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Secular priests | 90 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Michael Nnachi Okoro |
Website | |
www.AbakalikiDiocese.org |
The Diocese of Abakaliki is a Roman Catholic diocese with its headquarters in Abakaliki, Nigeria. It was erected on 1 March, 1973 from the territory of the Diocese of Ogoja with the Right Reverend Thomas McGettrick SPS as its first bishop.
There is also a Bishop and Diocese of Abakaliki in the Anglican Church of Nigeria.