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Diocese of Umuahia

Dioecesis Umuahiana



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Bishop(s)

  • Michael Kalu Ukpong, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 23 June 1958
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Owerri
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Square Kilometers: 2,460 (950 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://umuahiadiocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, 57 Azikiwe Road, P.O. Box 99, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
23 June 1958ErectedDiocese of Owerri (Okigwi, Bende, and Aba) Diocese of Umuahia (erected)
28 April 1972Territory AddedDiocese of Calabar (Ututu) Diocese of Umuahia
24 January 1981Territory LostDiocese of Umuahia (Ekiti, Mbano, Okigwe, and Isuikwuato) Diocese of Okigwe (erected)
2 April 1990Territory LostDiocese of Umuahia (Isiala Ngwa, Obioma Ngwa, Aba Urban, and Ukwa-Ndoki) Diocese of Aba (erected)
26 March 1994Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Umuahia (from Onitsha)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1969327,0321938575,737623527ap1971
1980530,0992,376,00022.3%61618,690507241ap1981
1990319,7421,868,00017.1%5710674,772767945ap1991
1999110,000884,20912.4%93121051,047169533ap2000
2000115,000884,20913.0%648721,597128533ap2001
2001120,100884,20913.6%7110811,4821414740ap2002
2002122,000884,20913.8%7310831,4691415042ap2003
2003198,861884,20922.5%7712892,2347213344ap2004
2004199,000884,20922.5%8413972,0518114544ap2005
2010220,8681,043,44121.2%121101311,6868013660ap2011
2014220,0001,151,00019.1%125201451,5178515067ap2015
2017241,2331,234,47019.5%151201711,4106615170ap2018
2020251,0531,350,22018.6%167201871,34211116170ap2021

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 51, Page 216, and Page 217
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 64, Page 394
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 86, Page 631

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