Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogoja explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Ogoja
Latin:Dioecesis Ogogiaensis
Country:Nigeria
Territory:Cross River State
Province:Calabar
Metropolitan:Archbishop of Calabar
Coordinates:6.5°N 8.6667°W
Area Km2:12,557
Population:1,536,294
Population As Of:2004
Catholics:332,373
Catholics Percent:21.6
Parishes:38
Denomination:Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Established:January 1, 1955
Cathedral:Saint Benedict Cathedral in Ogoja
Patron:Saint Benedict
Priests:67
Suffragan:for one -->
Archdeacon:for one-->
Map:Nigeria Cross River State map.png

The Diocese of Ogoja (Latin: Ogogiaën(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Calabar, yet still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Its cathedra is Saint Benedict Cathedral, dedicated to diocesan patron saint Saint Benedict, in the episcopal see of Ogoja, in Cross River State.

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 902,975 Catholics (32.5% of 2,779,037 total) on 12,557 km2 in 65 parishes with 99 priests (96 diocesan, 3 religious), 50 lay religious (3 brothers, 47 sisters) and 137 seminarians.

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefects of Ogoja
Suffragan Bishops of Ogoja

See also

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