The Diocese of Awgu in Nigeria was created on July 5, 2005, when it was split off from the Diocese of Enugu. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Onitsha. Its first bishop is John Ifeanyichukwu Okoye. The St. Michael Archangel Parish Church in Awgu is the largest church in the diocese and will therefore become its cathedral.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Uromi in Uromi, Edo State, Nigeria was created on December 14, 2005, when it was split off from the Archdiocese of Benin City. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Benin City. Its first bishop was Augustine Obiora Akubeze. The St Anthony of Padua church in Uromi was selected to be its cathedral. The canonical erection of the diocese and the episcopal ordination of the bishop took place on Saturday, February 25, 2006.
Raymundo Joseph Peña was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the bishop of the Diocese of Brownsville in Texas from 1995 to 2009, bishop of the Diocese of El Paso in Texas from 1980 to 1995 and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio in Texas from 1976 to 1980.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Benin City in Nigeria.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Onitsha in Anambra State, Nigeria.
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.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Makurdi is a diocese located in the city of Makurdi, Benue State in the Ecclesiastical province of Abuja in Nigeria.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Otukpo is a diocese located in the city of Otukpo in the Ecclesiastical province of Abuja in Nigeria.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Issele-Uku is a diocese located in the city of Issele-Uku, Delta State in the Ecclesiastical province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. It lies on the west bank of the Niger River between Benin City to the west and Onitsha to the east. The diocese comprises six local government areas in the northern portion of Delta State. The Archdiocese of Onitsha borders it on the east and the Archdiocese of Benin City borders it on the west. The Diocese of Uromi is to its north and the Diocese of Warri borders it on the south.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ekiti is a diocese located in the city of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State in the Ecclesiastical province of Ibadan in Nigeria.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oyo is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Ibadan, Nigeria. It still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yola is a diocese located in the city of Yola in Adamawa state and in the Ecclesiastical province of Jos, Plateau state, Nigeria.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Minna is a diocese located in the city of Minna in the Ecclesiastical province of Kaduna in Nigeria.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto is a diocese located in the city of Sokoto in the Ecclesiastical province of Kaduna in Nigeria. Its territory includes the geo-political states of Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi and Katsina.
Patrick Joseph Kelly was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Benin City in Nigeria.
Ogwashi Ukwu, sometimes spelled as Ogwashi-Uku. It is an Igbo town in Delta State, Nigeria. It is located west of the state capital, Asaba and is the headquarters for the local government area, Aniocha South. The population of Ogwashi-Ukwu is about 50,234. Its numbers have vastly increased. It is in the Anioma part of Delta State, the Igbo-speaking part and its natives are Enuani people. Nine villages make up Ogwashi-Ukwu. These are: Ikelike, Umu Dei, Azungwu, Agidiase, Agidiehe, Ogbe Akwu, Ishekpe, Ogbe Onicha, Ogbe Ubu and Ogbe Ani.
Issele-uku is an ancestral city in Nigeria's Delta State and headquarters for the Local Government Area of Aniocha North. It is also the Episcopal See of the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Issele-Uku. It has its own post office and is served by the nearby new Asaba International Airport.
Michael Ekwoyi Apochi is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Otukpo. He was appointed bishop in 2002.
Emmanuel Nwafor Otteh was a Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate.
