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Diocese of

Awka

Nigeria Nigeria

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Onitsha

History

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

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Awka (Roman Rite)

Bishop Simon Akwali Okafor (75)Bishop Simon Akwali Okafor (75)
(1994.09.09 – ...)

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

Titular Bishop of Augurus (1992.03.06 – 1994.09.09)

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

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

Archbishop Albert Kanene Obiefuna (80)Bishop Albert Kanene Obiefuna (80) (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)

Former Prelates

as of 2010.03.13

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