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Diocese of Ikot Ekpene

Dioecesis Ikotekpenensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 1 March 1963
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Calabar
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Square Kilometers: 2,263 (874 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://ikotekpenediocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: Diocesan Secretariat, Cardinal Ekandem Ave., P.O. Box 870, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
  • Telephone: (0816)67.11.662

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
1 March 1963ErectedDiocese of Calabar Diocese of Ikot Ekpene (erected)
26 March 1994Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Ikot Ekpene (from Onitsha)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
197043,000795,8065.4%127192,26371113ap1971
198075,8001,454,0005.2%289372,0484404713ap1981
199092,0331,562,0005.9%493521,769227918ap1991
199982,177813,74810.1%743771,0672110630ap2000
200084,560836,53310.1%713741,1421211230ap2001
200188,057859,95610.2%713741,1893411533ap2002
200290,258881,45410.2%753781,157368333ap2003
200394,405899,03810.5%753781,210348233ap2004
200498,552908,02810.9%823851,159368935ap2005
2006101,373932,30810.9%833861,178369136ap2007
2013121,5001,063,00011.4%11753170714897743ap2014
2016131,3531,129,39211.6%12866194677978751ap2017
201960,0851,126,4605.3%127701973051068853ap2020
202157,9731,160,4785.0%128732012881879653ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 56, Page 249, to Page 251
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 86, Page 632, and Page 633

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