Vigil Mass: Monday, June 8, 2026, at St. Patrick’s Parish, Umuokrika Ekwerazu, by 4:00 PM. Funeral Mass: Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at Maria Mater Ecclesiae Cathedral at 11:00 AM. Month’s Mind: Monday, June 22, 2026, at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Lude, Ahiara, by 10:00 AM. Kindly remember him in your prayers.
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Do not renounce your ability to think, Pope Leo XIV enjoins Communicators The Catholic Diocese of Ahiara, Mbaise, today, Sunday, May 17, 2026, concludes its week-long celebrations of communications, tagged ComWeek 2026, inspired by the Pope’s message for the 60th World Day of Social Communications on preserving human voices and faces in communication. The celebration,
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Seeks Greater Collaboration with the Clergy on Evangelization By: Tim Etoh The Ahiara Diocesan Laity Council has ended its 3rd Annual Convention, held at Amumara, Ezinihitte-Mbaise LGA of Imo State. The gathering, with the theme PROMOTING HUMAN DIGNITY AS THE BASIS OF DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: THE CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING APPROACH, brought together members across the
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Funeral Scheduled for June 9, 2026 The Catholic Diocese of Ahiara mourns the passing of Rev. Fr. Martinianus Chileke, who died at the age of 54. Born on April 15, 1972, and ordained to the sacred priesthood on August 7, 1999, Fr Chileke, affectionately called Fr Chidi, lived a priestly life that bore the marks
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Bishop Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, CMF, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara, received Bishop Victor Phalana of the Diocese of Klerksdorp, South Africa, on a courtesy visit to the diocesan Chancery. Bishop Phalana was in Mbaise, Imo State, for the funeral of a brother to Fr. Ignatius Okoroji, SDV, and, while in the area, paid
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Bishop Nwobi charges the faithful to be agents and witnesses of peace in the diocese. On Sunday, April 26, 2026, the Catholic Bishop of Ahiara Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, CMF, officially inaugurated the Year of St. Francis in the Diocese. This initiative aligns with the proclamation of the Jubilee year of St.
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On Monday, 13 April 2026, the bishop, clergy, and faithful of the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara gathered at the Maria Mater Ecclesiae Cathedral to mark the first anniversary of the death of Very Rev. Msgr. Cletus Ogu. The eucharistic celebration was presided over by the bishop. In the homily, Rev. Fr. Vitus Umeyor invited the
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Bishop Nwobi Solicits Greater Support By: Tim Etoh Full construction work will soon commence at the burial site of Vivian Ogu, Servant of God and global exemplar of faith. This optimism was expressed by His Lordship, the Bishop of Ahiara, Most Rev. Dr. Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, CMF, during a fundraising event for the development of
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As the Catholic faithful in Nigeria joyously mark this Sunday as Mother’s Day, the moment, though outwardly festive, carries a quieter, weightier summons: to reflect with honesty, to give thanks without reserve, and to renew, in practical terms, the obligations owed to those whose lives are spent in the steady outpouring of care. In the
The Catholic Diocese of Ahiara on Thursday, April 2, 2026, had both clergy and the lay faithful solemnly gathered at the Maria Mater Ecclesiae Cathedral Ahiara for the annual Chrism Mass, a liturgical high point of Holy Week in which the unity of the diocesan Church, gathered around her bishop, is both expressed and deepened
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