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.

Yet this Nigerian, from the diocese of Ekwulobia, is in fact one of the 21 prelates Francis will welcome into the College of Cardinals Aug. 26, during his eighth consistory. Okpeleke spoke with ...

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 ...

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 ...

Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, yesterday inducted the Bishop of Ekwulobia Diocese in Anambra State, Peter Eberechukwu Okpaleke, and 19 others from around the world as Cardinals. The 59-year ...

THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi and the governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo have congratulated the Catholic Bishop of Ekwulobia Diocese of Anambra ...