After nearly a decade of protracted crisis over the leadership of the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara, Pope Francis I Monday appointed the Bishop of Umuahia Diocese, Most Rev Lucius Ugorji as the new Apostolic Administrator of Ahiara Diocese.
In a statement issued by the Director of Communications, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), Rev Fr. Chris Anyanwu, he explained that the appointment came on the heels of the resignation by Most Rev Peter Okpaleke.
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