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Pope Francis officially Announces Retirement Of Cardinal Onaiyekan, Appoints Kaigama As Replacement

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November 10, 2019
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Pope Francis officially Announces Retirement Of Cardinal Onaiyekan, Appoints Kaigama As Replacement
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The Holy Father, Pope Francis has officially announced the retirement of His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan as the Archbishop of Abuja Dioceses.

News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that this was disclosed by Mr. Josef Ishu, of the department of Communications, Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja in a telephone interview.
He said in the letter from Rome, Pope Francis appointed Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama as the new Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja.

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Ishu, however, noted that the date for the installation of the new Archbishop would be communicated in due time.

Kaigama was the Archbishop of Jos from 2000 to 2019, when he became first Archbishop Coadjutor and then Archbishop of Abuja.

NAN also quotes His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, as confirming his retirement in a telephone interview saying that it was long over due.

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Onaiyekan said that it was time for transition and time for a new leader to come and continue where he had stopped.

John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan was born 29 January, 1944.

He was Archbishop of Abuja from 1994 to 2019 and was made a Cardinal in 2012.

The cleric has served as President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria and Bishop of Ilorin.

NAN

Tags: Appoints KaigamaArchbishop CoadjutorArchbishop of AbujaArchbishop of JosBishop of IlorinCardinal Onaiyekanofficially Announces RetirementPope Francisreplacement
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