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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calabar
Roman Catholic archdiocese in Cross River State, Nigeria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Archdiocese of Calabar Archidioecesis Calabarensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Nigeria |
Territory | Portions of Cross River State |
Ecclesiastical province | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calabar |
Coordinates | 4°57′00″N 8°19′30″E |
Statistics | |
Population - Total - Catholics | 1,136.555 228,914 (20%) |
Parishes | 50 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | As a diocese: 18 April 1950 Elevated to archdiocese: 26 March 1994 |
Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral, Calabar |
Co-cathedral | Saint Mary Pro-Cathedral, Calabar |
Secular priests | 67 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Most Rev. Joseph E. Ekuwem |
Auxiliary Bishops | Christopher Naseri Naseri |
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![]() Calabar is in Cross River State which is shown in red |
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The Archdiocese of Calabar (Latin Archidioecesis Calabarensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. Its archepiscopal see is Calabar, Cross River State. The Archbishop of Calabar is metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province with four suffragan dioceses: the Dioceses of Ikot Ekpene, Ogoja, Port Harcourt, and Uyo.