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Bishop George Jonathan Dodo

Funeral Mass of Bishop of Zaria George Jonathan Dodo, Nigeria. Credit: ACN

Catholic Charity Remembers Bishop Who Served Against Odds in Nigeria

Aug 10, 2022

Catholic charity and Pontifical foundation, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International, has paid tribute to the first Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Zaria in Nigeria who passed on in July after serving the wider embattled Nigeria’s Kaduna state with courage.

Late Bishop George Jonathan Dodo who died on 8 July 2022 following a brief illness. Credit: CBCN

Pioneer Catholic Bishop of Zaria Diocese in Nigeria Dies at 66 after Short Illness

Jul 8, 2022

The first Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Zaria in Nigeria has passed on at the age of 66. 

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