Archdiocese of Calabar Archidioecesis Calabarensis |
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Location | |
Country | Nigeria |
Territory | a portion of Cross River State |
Ecclesiastical province | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calabar |
Coordinates | 4°57′00″N 8°19′30″E / 4.95000°N 8.32500°E |
Statistics | |
Population - Total - Catholics |
1,136.555 228,914 (20%) |
Parishes | 50 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | diocese: 18 April 1950, archdiocese: 26 March 1994 |
Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral, Calabar |
Co-cathedral | Saint Mary Pro-Cathedral, Calabar |
Secular priests | 67 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Most Rev. Joseph E. Ekuwem |
Map | |
Calabar is in Cross River State which is shown in red |
Coordinates: 4°57′00″N 8°19′30″E / 4.95000°N 8.32500°E
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calabar (Latin Archidioecesis Calabarensis) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Calabar, Cross River State in Nigeria.