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Catholic Bishops Across Nigeria Meets To Discuss State Of The Nation, Others
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria is the highest decision-making body of the Catholic Church in Nigeria and holds its plenary meeting twice in a year where matters of the Catholic faith and society are discussed…
About 180 Catholic Bishops drawn from various Archdioceses and Dioceses across the country, in the second plenary meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) from August 22 to 30, 2024, will converge in Auchi, Edo State to discuss the state of the nation and other issues.
The Chairman of the Local Organising Committee, Rev. Fr. Peter Egielewa, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
The 2024 Second Plenary of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, is being hosted by the Catholic Diocese of Auchi, with Most Rev. (Dr) Gabriel Dunia as the Local Ordinary.
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria is the highest decision-making body of the Catholic Church in Nigeria and holds its plenary meeting twice in a year where matters of the Catholic faith and society are discussed and resolutions in the form of a communique are communicated to the Catholic faithful of Nigeria, leaders of the nation and Nigerians in general.
The meeting is coming on the heels of the recent hunger protest by the #EndBadGovernance group and the Take It Back Movement.
This is the first time the Bishops are meeting since the protests took place from August 1 to August 10, 2024, even as the protesters had vowed to continue on October 1.
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According to Daily Sun, the bishops will discuss political, economic and religious issues affecting the nation.
The Chairman, Local Organizing Committee, Rev. Fr. Peter Egielewa, in a statement made available to Daily Sun, said: “The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Auchi, Edo State, Most Rev. Dr Gabriel G. Dunia, together with the entire faithful of the Diocese are set to host the second plenary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) for the year 2024 from 22nd to 30th August 2024.
“The meeting hopes to bring together, the over 80 Catholic Bishops to Auchi Diocese, also called Afenmai land, which is made up of the six local Government Areas of Edo North Senatorial District of Edo State.”
Egielewa further said the meeting is the first time the Catholic Diocese of Auchi will be hosting the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria in its 21-year history after its Erection as a Diocese on 22nd February 2003 with Bishop Dunia as its first and current Bishop.
Egielewa quoted Bishop Dunia to have said that “all catholic faithful of the Catholic Diocese of Auchi, at home and in the Diaspora, as well as friends and well-wishers of the Diocese are invited to take part in this epoch-making event in welcoming the fathers of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, particularly to the opening Mass at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral Auchi on Sunday 25th August 2024, and the general opening ceremonies at Uyi Grands Hall, Auchi.”