Diocese of Bomadi Dioecesis Bomadiensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Nigeria |
Territory | portions of Delta State and Rivers State and enter Bayless State |
Ecclesiastical province | Benin City |
Metropolitan | Augustine Obiora Akubeze |
Deaneries | Five Deaneries: Bomadi Deanery, Yenagoa Deanery, Agudama Deanery, Imiringi Deanery and Patani Deanery |
Coordinates | 5°10′00″N 5°56′00″E / 5.16667°N 5.93333°E Bomadi |
Statistics | |
Area | 13,140 km2 (5,070 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 2,994,321 37,682 (1.3%) |
Parishes | 24 |
Churches | 2 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 21 September 2017 |
Cathedral | Our Lady of the Waters Cathedral, Bomadi |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Most Rev. Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo |
Map | |
Bomadi is located in southeastern Delta State which is located here in red. |
The Diocese of Bomadi ( Latin: Dioecesis Bomadiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. Its episcopal see is Bomadi, Delta State. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Benin City.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Bomadi straddles the Niger River and Niger Delta and includes portions of Delta State and Rivers State.
Diocese of Bomadi Dioecesis Bomadiensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Nigeria |
Territory | portions of Delta State and Rivers State and enter Bayless State |
Ecclesiastical province | Benin City |
Metropolitan | Augustine Obiora Akubeze |
Deaneries | Five Deaneries: Bomadi Deanery, Yenagoa Deanery, Agudama Deanery, Imiringi Deanery and Patani Deanery |
Coordinates | 5°10′00″N 5°56′00″E / 5.16667°N 5.93333°E Bomadi |
Statistics | |
Area | 13,140 km2 (5,070 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 2,994,321 37,682 (1.3%) |
Parishes | 24 |
Churches | 2 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 21 September 2017 |
Cathedral | Our Lady of the Waters Cathedral, Bomadi |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Most Rev. Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo |
Map | |
Bomadi is located in southeastern Delta State which is located here in red. |
The Diocese of Bomadi ( Latin: Dioecesis Bomadiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. Its episcopal see is Bomadi, Delta State. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Benin City.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Bomadi straddles the Niger River and Niger Delta and includes portions of Delta State and Rivers State.