Roman Catholic Diocese of Okigwe

{{Short description|Roman Catholic diocese in Nigeria}}

{{Infobox diocese

| jurisdiction = Diocese

| name = Okigwe

| latin = Dioecesis Okigwensis

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| country = {{flag|Nigeria}}

| territory = a portion of Imo State

| province = Owerri

| metropolitan = Archbishop of Owerri

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| coordinates = {{coord|5|28|59|N|7|33|00|E|}}

| area_km2 = 1,824

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| population = 2,001,838

| population_as_of = 2004

| catholics = 823,483

| catholics_percent = 41.1

| parishes = 105

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| denomination = Roman Catholic

| rite = Latin Rite

| established = January 24, 1981

| cathedral = Saint Mary's Cathedral in Okigwe

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| priests = 320 (311 diocesan, 9 religious)

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| bishop = Most Rev. Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu

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| map = Nigeria Imo State map.png

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| map_caption = Okigwe is located in Imo State shown in red.

| website = [http://www.okigwediocese.org/ www.okigwediocese.org]

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Okigwe ({{langx|la|Okigwen(sis)}}) is a diocese located in the city of Okigwe, Imo State in the ecclesiastical province of Owerri in Nigeria.

As at 2016, the diocese has 43 missions, 219 lay religious (33 brothers, 186 sisters), and 198 seminarians.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/okig0.htm|title=Diocese of okigwe Nigeria|last=|first=|date=|website=gcatholic|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=15 January 2020}}

History

Special churches

The Cathedral is St. Mary's Cathedral in Okigwe.

Leadership

See also

References

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