Also known as:
Apostolic Prefecture of Benue;
Italian: Prefettura Apostolica di Benue
OTURKPO, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE OF. - It is located in the central-eastern part of Nigeria. It was erected on 9 July 1934 under the name of the apostolic prefecture of Benue (v.), changed to O. on 18 Apr. 1950, when the episcopal hierarchy was erected in British West Africa.
Bibliography3 worksAAS, 27 (1933), pp. 323-25; 42 (1950), pp. 613-19; MC, Rome 1950, p. 119.
Corvo, Carlo. “Oturkpo, prefettura apostolica di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 474. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/oturkpo-prefettura-apostolica-di.
MLA
Corvo, Carlo. “Oturkpo, prefettura apostolica di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 474. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/oturkpo-prefettura-apostolica-di.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec9_oturkpo_prefettura_apostolica,
author = {Corvo, Carlo},
title = {Oturkpo, prefettura apostolica di},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IX},
pages = {474},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1952},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/oturkpo-prefettura-apostolica-di}
}
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