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Diocese of Ogoja

Dioecesis Ogogiaensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Donatus Edet Akpan, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 1 January 1955
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Calabar
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Square Kilometers: 125,557 (48,496 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://catholicdioceseofogoja.org/
  • Mailing Address: All Hallows Chancery, P.O. Box 27, Ogoja, Cross River State, Nigeria
  • Telephone: (0901)69.17.156

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Prefecture Apostolic of Ogoja
13 March 1938ErectedPrefecture Apostolic of Calabar Prefecture Apostolic of Ogoja (erected)
Diocese of Ogoja
1 January 1955ElevatedPrefecture Apostolic of Ogoja Diocese of Ogoja
1 March 1973Territory LostDiocese of Ogoja (East Central State) Diocese of Abakaliki (erected)
26 March 1994Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Ogoja (from Onitsha)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Prefecture Apostolic of Ogoja
19509,452750,0001.3%1414675116ap1951
Diocese of Ogoja
1970135,0001,602,5338.4%641013,50045321ap1971
1980103,710896,00011.6%1514293,5761435ap1981
1990180,3741,217,00014.8%187257,214108219ap1991
1999259,2432,074,75012.5%333367,20134222ap2000
2000269,7492,100,00012.8%401416,57914226ap2001
2001282,3811,315,66221.5%481495,76214728ap2002
2002297,8911,465,66320.3%462486,20624532ap2003
2003313,5441,524,28920.6%583615,14034636ap2004
2004332,3731,536,29421.6%643674,96054938ap2005
2013901,4132,022,00044.6%10031038,75135061ap2014
2016916,1062,886,94231.7%10031038,89434472ap2017
2019958,7553,039,20031.5%12841327,26345179ap2020
20211,015,1603,219,60031.5%13741417,19945179ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Prefecture Apostolic of Ogoja
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 30, Page 329, and Page 330
  • Diocese of Ogoja
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 372, to Page 374
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 86, Page 632, and Page 633

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