Archdiocese of Calabar
Archdiocese of Calabar Archidioecesis Calabarensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Territory | Portions of Cross River State |
| Ecclesiastical province | Calabar |
| Deaneries | 10 Deaneries + 1 extra territorial |
| Coordinates | 4°57′00″N 8°19′30″E / 4.95000°N 8.32500°E |
| Statistics | |
Population
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| Parishes | 64 Parishes/Chaplaincies 11 Quasi Parishes 6 Autonomous communities 4 Mass Centres |
| Schools | Over 31 Nursery/Primary schools and 17 Secondary schools |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | Diocese: 18 April 1950 Archdiocese: 26 March 1994 |
| Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral, Calabar |
| Co-cathedral | Saint Mary Pro-Cathedral, Calabar |
| Secular priests | 102 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Archbishop | Joseph Effiong Ekuwem |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Christopher Naseri Naseri |
| Map | |
Calabar shown in red | |
The Archdiocese of Calabar (Archidioecesis Calabarensis) is a Catholic Latin rite church in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. An archdiocese, the Archbishop serves as the metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province with four suffragan dioceses: the Ikot Ekpene, Ogoja, Port Harcourt, and Uyo.