The Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, the immediate past President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), has advised priests and faithful of Ahiara Diocese to obey and support the new administrator appointed by Pope Francis.
Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos Catholic Archdiocese, made the call in an interview with the Newsmen in Abuja while reacting to the developments in the diocese.
Pope Francis has appointed Most Rev. Lucius Ugorji, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Umuahia, as the Apostolic Administrator of Ahiara Diocese, following the resignation of the Rt. Rev. Peter Okpaleke, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara.
Okpaleke had recently resigned as a result of the crisis that has lingered for nearly six years in the diocese.
The clergy and the laity of Ahiara refused to accept Okpaleke appointed as their local ordinary on grounds…
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