Roman Catholic Diocese of Aba

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Diocese of Aba Dioecesis Abana
Location
Country	Aba which is located in Abia State shown here in red.
Website
Profile

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Aba takes its name from the major commercial city of

During the Millennium Year 2000 the Diocese celebrated its tenth anniversary. The bishop of the diocese, Vincent Valentine Ezeonyia, the clergy and lay faithful held a diocesan "Synod for True Christian Identity", holding sessions in 2001.

Timeline

1. Arrival of first Roman Catholic missionaries, 1916
2. The first resident priest, 1918
3. Blessing of the first church building, 1929
4. Erected as a pastoral zone, 1958
5. Erected as a diocese, 2 April 1990
6. The first bishop, Most Reverend Doctor V. V. Ezeonyia, C.S.Sp.
7. First synod of the diocese, "True Christian Identity," 29 May - 3 June 2001
8. Mass of Dedication of the Cathedral of Mater Dei, 14 December 2002
9. Patron of the diocese, Christ the King
10. Parishes, 59
11. Diocesan priests, 147
12. Religious priests, 18
13. Religious sisters, 111
14. Seminarians, 81
15. Catechists, 250

Bishops

• Bishop Vincent Valentine Ezeonyia, CSSp (from 1990; died 2015)
• Bishop Augustine Ndubueze Echema

He was a Monsignor in Owerri Archdiocese and a professor at Catholic Institute of West Africa (CIWA) when, on December 27, 2019, Pope Francis appointed him the new Bishop of Aba Diocese.

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Fortunatus Nwachukwu, appointed nuncio and titular archbishop in 2012.

References

External links

• Official website of the diocese, www.catholicdioceseofaba.org
• GCatholic.org information