Archdiocese of Calabar

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Archdiocese of Calabar

Archidioecesis Calabarensis
Location
Country Nigeria
TerritoryPortions of Cross River State
Ecclesiastical province Calabar
Deaneries 10 Deaneries + 1 extra territorial
Coordinates 4°57′00″N8°19′30″E / 4.95000°N 8.32500°E / 4.95000; 8.32500
Statistics
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  •  
  • 2,017,700 approximately
  • 352,721 (over 17%)
Parishes64 Parishes/Chaplaincies
11 Quasi Parishes
6 Autonomous communities
4 Mass Centres
SchoolsOver 31 Nursery/Primary schools and 17 Secondary schools
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
EstablishedDiocese: 18 April 1950
Archdiocese: 26 March 1994
CathedralSacred Heart Cathedral, Calabar
Co-cathedralSaint Mary Pro-Cathedral, Calabar
Secular priests 102
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Archbishop Joseph Effiong Ekuwem
Auxiliary Bishops Christopher Naseri Naseri
Map
Nigeria Cross River State map.png
Calabar shown in red

The Archdiocese of Calabar (Archidioecesis Calabarensis) is a Catholic Latin rite church in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. An archdiocese, the Archbishop serves as the metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province with four suffragan dioceses: the Ikot Ekpene, Ogoja, Port Harcourt, and Uyo.

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History

Special churches

Bishops

Auxiliary Bishops

Suffragan dioceses

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