Diocese of Awka

• 10 November 1977: Established as Diocese of Awka from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Onitsha • 5 March 2020: Lost territory to the newly created Diocese of Ekwulobia ==Special churches==

The Cathedral is St. Patrick's Cathedral in Awka. == Bishops ==

• Bishops of Awka (Roman rite) • Bishop Albert Kanene Obiefuna (10 November 1977 Appointed - 9 September 1994 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Onitsha) • Bishop Simon Akwali Okafor (9 September 1994 Appointed - 17 April 2010 Retired) • Bishop Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor (8 July 2011 – present) Auxiliary Bishops • Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu (2000-2005), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Okigwe • Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor (2007-2011), appointed Bishop here • Simon Akwali Okafor (1992-1994), appointed Bishop here • Jonas Benson Okoye (2014-2021) Other priest of this diocese who became bishop • Peter Ebere Okpaleke, appointed Bishop of Ahara in 2012 == See also ==