7 Dec 2012

AHIARA DIOCESE GETS A NEW BISHOP!

According to the Vatican Information Service (VIS), The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI today appointed Msgr. Peter Ebere Okpaleke of the Catholic Diocese of Awka, as bishop of Ahiara Diocese, Nigeria. 
  • Born in Amesi, Aguata LGA of Anambra in 1963. 
  • Ordained a priest in 1992. 
  • Studied Canon Law at the Holy Cross Pontifical University,  Rome. 
  • Currently a judge at the inter-diocesan tribunal of Onitsha.

Congratulations Msgr. Okpaleke, and long live the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara.

<http://visnews-en.blogspot.it/2012/12/other-pontifical-acts_7.html