Diocese of Ikot Ekpene
The Diocese of Ikot Ekpene is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church. Its episcopal see is Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. The Diocese of Ikot Ekpene is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Calabar.
History
- March 1, 1963: Established as Diocese of Ikot Ekpene from the Diocese of Calabar
Special churches
The diocesan cathedral is Saint Anne Cathedral in Ikot Ekpene. The pro-cathedral is Saint John Pro-Cathedral in Abak.Bishops
- Bishops of Ikot Ekpene
- * Bishop Dominic Ignatius Ekandem, appointed Ecclesiastical Superior of Abuja in 1981 and Archbishop there in 1989
- * Bishop Camillus Archibong Etokudoh
- * Bishop Camillus Raymond Umoh ; born in 1956 in Nto Ubiam, ordained to the priesthood in 1984, formerly a Professor at the Catholic Institute of West Africa in Port Harcourt
Auxiliary Bishop
- Camillus Archibong Etokudoh, appointed Bishop of Ikot Ekpene
Abak
Urua Akpan
Ukana
Ifuho
Nto Edino
Ika
Inen
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Donatus Edet Akpan, appointed Bishop of Ogoja in 2017