Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke was installed April 29 as the bishop of the new Ekwulobia Diocese, after having been rejected in the Ahiara Diocese by priests and parishioners in a prolonged crisis ...

The Diocese of Ahiara is one of the most Catholic in the nation, with about 400,000 Catholics out of a total population of 500,000. It also has numerous vocations to the priesthood and religious life.

The ugly experience has, however, been put behind as the Holy Father erected the new Diocese of Ekwulobia by splitting the Diocese of Awka in the Metropolitan See of Onitsha Ecclesiastical ...

It was so serious that Okpaleke was never allowed to enter Ahiara Diocese due to the protests. He would later resign in 2018 but was surprisingly appointed the inaugural bishop of the Ekwulobia ...

The Catholic Bishop of Ekwulobia Diocese, the Most Reverend Peter Okpalaeke, has been appointed a Cardinal by His Holiness, Pope Francis. A statement by the Chancellor of the Diocese, Reverend ...

NIGERIAN Cardinal Peter Okpaleke, the Catholic Bishop of Ekwulobia in Anambra State ... the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Oyo, disclosed that Cardinal Okpaleke, 62, and other cardinals ...

Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke, 59, who leads the southern Nigerian diocese of Ekwulobia, sees three key factors behind the active participation of Catholics in Nigeria. In an interview with CNA ...

Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke, the Catholic Bishop of Ekwulobia Diocese in Anambra State, Nigeria, is currently participating in the 2025 papal conclave, the solemn and historic process to elect a ...