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The Head of Catholic Church, Pope Francis has appointed new Bishops for Atlanta, USA, and Kinkala, Republic of Congo; as well as the first Bishop the newly established Diocese of Ekwulobia, Nigeria, according to Vatican News.
On Thursday, Pope Francis established the Diocese of Ekwulobia, in south eastern Nigeria, and named Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke as its first Ordinary. Bishop Okpaleke is the Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Ahiara. The new Diocese is formed from a part of the territory of the Diocese of Awka and will be a suffragan See of the Metropolitan See of Onitsha.
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