Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Abakaliki | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Abakalikiensis |
Country: | Nigeria |
Province: | Onitsha |
Metropolitan: | Archbishop of Onitsha |
Area Km2: | 5,953 |
Population: | 1,769,000 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Catholics: | 374,680 |
Catholics Percent: | 21.2 |
Parishes: | 74 |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Rite: | Latin Rite |
Priests: | 90 |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Suffragan: | for one --> |
Archdeacon: | for one--> |
Website: | www.AbakalikiDiocese.org |
The Diocese of Abakaliki is a Roman Catholic diocese with its headquarters in Abakaliki, Nigeria. It was erected on 1 March 1973 from the territory of the Diocese of Ogoja with the Right Reverend Thomas McGettrick SPS as its first bishop.
There is also a Bishop and Diocese of Abakaliki in the Anglican Church of Nigeria.