Abuja, 18 April, 2023 / 9:25 pm (ACI Africa).
A Nigerian Priest has been appointed as new Under-Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (DPIHD).
Pope Francis appointed Fr. Anthony Onyemuche Ekpo to the Vatican Dicastery that he established in August 2016 in a new Motu Proprio, Humanam Progressionem, on Tuesday, April 18.
The member of Clergy of the Catholic Diocese of Umuahia in Nigeria has been an official in the General Affairs Section of the Vatican Secretariat of State since September 2016.
At the time of his appointment, the Nigerian Catholic Priest was also serving as Chaplain to Pope Francis, a role he has been playing since his appointment on 17 March 2023.
Born in September 1981, Fr. Ekpo was ordained a Priest for Umuahia Diocese in July 2011.