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Diocese of

Awka

Nigeria

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman

Ecclesiastical Province: Onitsha

History

1977.11.10: Established as Diocese of Awka / Avkaën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Onitsha)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Awka, Anambra

Present Prelates

Bishop: Bishop Simon Akwali Okafor (74) (1994.09.09 – ...)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor (56) (2007.01.20 – ...)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Awka (Roman Rite)

Bishop Simon Akwali Okafor (74)
(1994.09.09 – ...)

Born:	1934.11.16 (Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1963.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.05.30

Auxiliary Bishop of Awka (Nigeria) (1992.03.06 – 1994.09.09)

Titular Bishop of Augurus (1992.03.06 – 1994.09.09)

Bishop of Awka (Nigeria) (1994.09.09 – ...)

Bishop Albert Kanene Obiefuna (79) (later Archbishop)
(1977.11.10 – 1994.09.09)

Born:	1930.01.30 (Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.02.05

Bishop of Awka (Nigeria) (1977.11.10 – 1994.09.09)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (1994 – 2000)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Onitsha (Nigeria) (1994.09.09 – 1995.02.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Onitsha (Nigeria) (1995.02.25 – 2003.09.01)

Past Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu (58) (2000.12.22 – 2005.05.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Simon Akwali Okafor (74) (1992.03.06 – 1994.09.09)

as of 2009.06.30

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