{"id":22397,"date":"2021-02-22T16:54:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T15:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collegio.anselmianum.com\/2021\/02\/25\/archdiocese-of-owerri-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T17:43:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:43:43","slug":"archdiocese-of-owerri-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.collegiosantanselmo.com\/en\/2021\/02\/22\/archdiocese-of-owerri-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Archdiocese of Owerri Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where are we from?<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Archdiocese of Owerri<\/span>
\nNigeria<\/span><\/h1>\n

Photo : Assumpta Cathedral Owerri, cropped | By Samuel Chijioke<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

History<\/span><\/h3>\n

Apostolic Vicariate : 12 February 1948
\nElevated to diocese : 18 April 1950
\nElevated to metropolitan archdiocese : 26 March 1994<\/h4>\n
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Community<\/span><\/h3>\n

Archbishop : Anthony J.V. Obinna
\nAuxiliary bishop : Moses Chikwe
\nSuffragan dioceses : Aba, Ahiara, Okigwe, Orlu, Umuahia
\nLocation : Cathedral of the Assumption<\/h4>\n
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Activity<\/span><\/h3>\n

Area : 2,996 km2
\nPriests : 389
\nCatholics : 1.7 million<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>