Diocesan News

The 2026 feast day of the diocese recorded a resounding success, following the foundation laying of the Priests’ Retirement Home. The flag-off of this landmark project realizes the bishop’s vision towards providing a dignified place and specialized residential facility for elderly and retired clergy after selfless years of service. The facility is designed to provide

On Thursday, May 7, 2026, the bishops and priests of the Owerri Ecclesiastical Province gathered at Maria Mater Ecclesiae Cathedral, Ahiara Diocese, for a provincial recollection marked by prayer and fraternal communion. The program included Eucharistic Adoration, the Rosary, a penitential service with sacramental confession, and Holy Mass, preceded by a spiritual reflection delivered by

The Catholic faithful of the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara gathered in deep sorrow, yet in faithful surrender to the will of God, at Maria Mater Ecclesiae Cathedral on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, to bid farewell to Very Rev. Fr. Dr. Ethelbert Anayo Uwadoka, a priest remembered for his simplicity, serenity, and precision of life. Fr.

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.