The

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Diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...

of Uromi (''Dioecesis Uromiensis'') in

Uromi Uromi,the real word is Urọnmhun meaning "this is my abode ",or my enclave is a city located in north-eastern Esan people, Esan, a subEthnic group, -ethnic group of the Benin in Edo state, Nigeria. At various points in Uromi's history, the cit ...

, Edo State,

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was created on December 14, 2005, when it was split off from the

Archdiocese of Benin City The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Benin City in Nigeria. History * 1884.05.02: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Upper Niger from the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas ...

. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Benin City. Its first

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...

was

Augustine Obiora Akubeze Augustine Obiora Akubeze is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church and serves as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City, as of 2011. On 18 March 2011, Vatican Information Service reported that Pope Benedict XVI had appoi ...

(who was named Archbishop of Benin City in March 2011). The St Anthony of Padua church in Uromi was selected to be its

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominatio ...

. The canonical erection of the diocese and the episcopal ordination of the bishop took place on Saturday, February 25, 2006. The diocese covers an area of 2,800 km² of the Edo State, covering the local government areas of Esan West, Esan Central, Esan North-East, Esan South-East and Igueben. Neighboring dioceses are Auchi to the north,

Issele-Uku 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 s ...

to the south and Benin City to the west. The total population in the diocese is 780,000, of which 102,045 are catholic. The diocese is subdivided into 23

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...

es Mass Centres.

Bishops of Uromi

(2005 - 2011), appointed Archbishop of Benin City #

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(2015–Present)

External links

Official website of the Diocese of UromiVatican press release on the creation
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Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Benin City