Roman Catholic Diocese of Bomadi
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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.
Territory
[edit]The Apostolic Vicariate of Bomadi straddles the Niger River and Niger Delta and includes portions of Delta State and Rivers State.
History
[edit]- 17 March 1991: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Bomadi from the Dioceses of Port Harcourt and Warri.
- 15 December 1996: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bomadi
- 21 September 2017: elevated to Diocese[1]
Special Churches
[edit]- Our Lady of the Waters Cathedral, Ughelli
Bishops
[edit]- Ecclesiastical Superior of Bomadi
- Fr. Thomas Vincent Greenan (17 March 1991 – 15 December 1996)
- Vicars Apostolic of Bomadi
- Bishop Joseph Egerega (3 March 1997 – 4 April 2009)
- Bishop Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo (4 April 2009 – 21 September 2017 see below)
- Bishops of Bomadi
- Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo (see above 21 September 2017 – present)
Auxiliary Bishop
[edit]- Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo, M.S.P.N. (2007-2009), appointed Vicar Apostolic here
References
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