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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...