Roman Catholic Diocese of Ikot Ekpene

{{Short description|Roman Catholic diocese in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria}}

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| jurisdiction = Diocese

| name = Ikot Ekpene

| latin = Dioecesis Ikotekpenensis

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| country = Nigeria

| territory = a portion of Akwa Ibom State

| province = Calabar

| metropolitan = Archbishop of Calabar

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| area_km2 = 2263

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| population = 908,028

| population_as_of = 2004

| catholics = 98,552

| catholics_percent = 10.9

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| denomination = Catholic Church

| sui_iuris_church = Latin Church

| rite = Roman Rite

| established = March 1, 1963

| cathedral = Saint Anne Cathedral in Ikot Ekpene

| cocathedral = Saint John Pro-Cathedral in Abak

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| bishop = Camillus Raymond Umoh

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| emeritus_bishops = Most Rev. Camillus Archibong Etokudoh

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The Diocese of Ikot Ekpene ({{langx|la|Ikotekpenen(sis)}}) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church. Its episcopal see is Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. The Diocese of Ikot Ekpene is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Calabar.

History

  • March 1, 1963: Established as Diocese of Ikot Ekpene from the Diocese of Calabar

Special churches

The diocesan cathedral is Saint Anne Cathedral in Ikot Ekpene. The pro-cathedral is Saint John Pro-Cathedral in Abak.

Bishops

=Auxiliary Bishop=

Deanery in the Diocese

Abak

Urua Akpan

Ukana

Ifuho

Nto Edino

Ika

Inen

=Other priest of this diocese who became bishop=

See also

References

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