Apostolic Nuncio to the United States Archbishop Christophe Pierre announced Pope Leo XIV’s selection of Father Simon Peter Engurait as the area’s sixth bishop on Thursday morning, June 5, in Rome.

Pope Leo XIV has named Father Simon Peter Engurait, a priest of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux and current diocesan ...

While I am shocked that the Lord has asked me to be a bishop, I must admit that knowing the people of this diocese brings me ...

As long as he can remember, Deacon Christian N. Njodzela, 28, has felt a desire for the priesthood.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed The Rev. Simon Peter Engurait to be the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, the ...

The 2025 papal conclave, the solemn and historic process to elect a new pope for the Roman Catholic Church began on Wednesday, May 7 Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke, the Catholic Bishop of Ekwulobia ...

the Bishop of Ekwulobia in Nigeria, is another key figure to watch during the papal elections. Back in August, when local clergy and lay people rejected his appointment to the Diocese of Ahiara ...

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 ...

Subsequently, on March 5, 2020, Pope Francis established the Diocese of Ekwulobia and appointed Bishop Okpaleke as its first bishop. He was installed in this position on April 29, 2020, prior to his ...

In 2020 Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Ekwulobia, a newly created diocese, and made him cardinal in October 2022, sending a strong message against ethnic discrimination in the Church.

On 5 March 2020, just over two years after accepting his resignation as Bishop of Ahiara, Pope Francis appointed him as the Bishop of the Diocese of Ekwulobia, a newly created diocese in Anambra ...