Diocese of Bomadi
The Diocese of Bomadi is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. Its episcopal see is Bomadi, Delta State. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Benin City.
Territory
The Apostolic Vicariate of Bomadi straddles the Niger River and Niger Delta and includes portions of Delta State and Rivers State.History
- 17 March 1991: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Bomadi from the Dioceses of Port Harcourt and Warri.
- 15 December 1996: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bomadi
- 21 September 2017: elevated to Diocese
Special Churches
- Our Lady of the Waters Cathedral, Bomadi
Bishops
- Ecclesiastical Superior of Bomadi
- * Fr. Thomas Vincent Greenan
- Vicars Apostolic of Bomadi
- * Bishop Joseph Egerega
- * Bishop Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo
- Bishops of Bomadi
- * Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo
Auxiliary Bishop
- Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo, M.S.P.N., appointed Vicar Apostolic here