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Joseph Sunday Ajomo (born 11 Jun, 1939 in Ogori, Nigeria) was a Nigerian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lokoja. He became ordained in 1962. He was appointed bishop in 1992. He died in 2004. [1]
The Church of Nigeria is the Anglican church in Nigeria. It is the second-largest province in the Anglican Communion, as measured by baptized membership, after the Church of England. It gives its current membership as "over 18 million", out of a total Nigerian population of 190 million.
Peter Jasper Akinola is the former Anglican Primate of the Church of Nigeria. He is also the former Bishop of Abuja and Archbishop of Province III, which covered the northern and central parts of the country. When the division into ecclesiastical provinces was adopted in 2002, he became the first Archbishop of Abuja Province, a position he held until 2010. He is married and a father of six.
The Catholic Church in Nigeria is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the curia in Rome, and the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN). The present president of the CBCN as of 2020 is Augustine Obiora Akubeze, Archbishop of Benin city, who was preceded by the Archbishop of Jos Catholic Diocese, Ignatius Kaigama.
Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) is a Roman Catholic youth organization originating in Chicago.
Francis Arinze is a Nigerian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 2002 to 2008. He has been the Cardinal Bishop of Velletri-Segni since 2005. Arinze was one of the principal advisors to Pope John Paul II and was considered papabile before the 2005 papal conclave, which elected Pope Benedict XVI.
Anthony Olubunmi Okogie is a Nigerian Cardinal Priest and formerly Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos in the Roman Catholic Church.
The Daughters of Divine Love Congregation, a Pontifical and International order of religious women was founded by Bishop Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp., on July 16, 1969 in Nigeria, during the Nigerian Civil War. The congregation has over 900 sisters ministering in 15 countries around the world. The members pronounce the public vows of Chastity, Poverty and Obedience, and dedicate themselves to contemplation and apostolic work. The Congregation, recognized by their blue veil, serves in the following countries:
Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Warri in Nigeria.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Benin City in Nigeria.
St. Patrick's Society for the Foreign Missions is an Irish Roman Catholic society of apostolic life composed of missionary priests, sometimes known as the Kiltegan Fathers from its headquarters at Kiltegan, County Wicklow. Its members use the postnominal initials of S.P.S. The Latin motto of the Society is Caritas Christi Urget Nos or, in English, Christ's love compels us.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ahiara is a diocese located in Ahiara in the region of Mbaise in Imo State in the ecclesiastical province of Owerri in Nigeria.
John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan is a Nigerian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Abuja from 1994 to 2019 and was made a Cardinal in 2012. He has served as President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria and Bishop of Ilorin.
American World Patriarchs is a Christian religious organization established in 1967.
Veritas University is a private university, located in Abuja. It was founded in March 2002 by the Catholic Church in Nigeria.
Matthew Hassan Kukah is the current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto.
James Naanman Daman was a Roman Catholic bishop.
Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. was a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Nigeria. He was the first Bishop of Port Harcourt, serving from 3 September 1961 to 7 March 1970. After leaving the diocese of Port Harcourt, he became the second Bishop of Enugu, succeeding Bishop John Cross Anyogu.
The Catholic Youth Organization Nigeria is a Catholic youth organization in Nigeria. CYO Nigeria is a member of the Catholic umbrella of youth organizations Fimcap.
Kevin Joseph Aje was a Nigerian Catholic prelate, who served as the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Nigeria, from 1985 to 2011.
Bishop James Moynagh S.P.S., was an Irish-born Roman Catholic priest who served for the Saint Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions in Nigeria, and was ordained Bishop of Calabar.
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