Diocese of Uyo
The Diocese of Uyo is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. Its episcopal see is Uyo. The Diocese of Uyo is suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Calabar.
History
- July 4, 1989: Established as Diocese of Uyo from the Diocese of Calabar
Special churches
Leadership
- Bishops of Uyo
- * Bishop Joseph Effiong Ekuwem, elevated to Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calabar, the Metropolitan See, by Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday, February 2, 2013
- * Bishop John Ebebe Ayah