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Diocese of Yola

Fr. Oliver Buba

“A terrible experience”: Nigerian Catholic Priest Recounts Abduction Ordeal

Jun 4, 2024

Fr. Oliver Buba, the Catholic Priest who was abducted on May 21 in the Catholic Diocese of Yola in Nigeria and later released unharmed has described his 10-day ordeal in the hands of his abductors as “a terrible experience.”

Fr. Oliver Buba, freed in Nigeria's Catholic Diocese of Yola after 10 days in captivity. Credit: Yola Diocese

Nigeria’s Yola Catholic Diocese Celebrates Release of Priest After 10-Day Captivity

May 30, 2024

Fr. Oliver Buba, the Catholic Priest who, was abducted on May 21 in the Catholic Diocese of Yola in Nigeria has been set free.

Fr. Oliver Buba, abducted Tuesday 21 May 2024 in Nigeria's Catholic Diocese of Yola. Credit: Yola Diocese

Nigeria’s Yola Catholic Diocese Appeals for “quick, safe release” of Abducted Priest

May 21, 2024

The Catholic Diocese of Yola in Nigeria has, “with sadness”, announced the abduction of Fr. Oliver Buba in “the early hours” of Tuesday, May 21, and is appealing for his “quick and safe release”.

Bishop Stephen Mamza of Yola Diocese in Nigeria laying the foundation for a Chapel for Prison Inmates at the Yolde Pate Correctional Center. Credit: Yola Diocese

Catholic Diocese in Nigeria Constructing Chapel in Prison to Provide “solace” to Inmates

Dec 8, 2023

The Catholic Diocese of Yola in Nigeria is constructing a Chapel at the Yolde Pate Correctional Center to provide a place of worship and solace to inmates.

Bishop Stephen Mamza speaking at the Dedication of the Christian Association of Nigeria CAN Chapel in Adamawa State, Nigeria. / Bishop Stephen Mamza

COVID-19 Challenges a Litmus Test of “quality of our Christian faith”: Nigerian Prelate

Aug 20, 2020

How we relate with the needy in society amid COVID-19 challenges can be a good litmus test of the extent to which we value our Christian faith, the Bishop of Nigeria’s Diocese of Yola said this week.

Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza addressing journalists during the Press Briefing in Yola.

A Nigerian Diocese Avails Pastoral Centre to the State as COVID-19 Isolation Facility

Apr 16, 2020

The Catholic Diocese of Yola in Nigeria has made available its Pastoral Center to the State of Adamawa to be used as a facility to isolate people who have tested positive for COVID-19.