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After School Building Collapse in Jos, Catholic Women in Nigeria Plan Trauma Healing Sessions for Survivors

Jul 20, 2024

Members of the Catholic Women Organization (CWO) of Nigeria have announced plans to organize trauma healing sessions for the victims and survivors of the July 12 collapse of the Saints Academy school building in the Busa Buji community of Jos.

“Deeply Saddened”: Catholic Archbishop in Nigeria on Death of Several Students after School Building Collapses in Jos

Jul 13, 2024

Archbishop Matthew Ishaya Audu of Nigeria’s Catholic Archdiocese of Jos has expressed his sorrow following the reported death of several students when their school building collapsed.  

Catholic Bishops in Nigeria’s Ecclesiastical Province of Jos. Credit: Bishop Mark M. Nzukwein

Be Proactive, Engage “better equipped Personnel”: Bishops in Jos Province to Nigeria Gov’t

Feb 4, 2024

Catholic Bishops in Nigeria’s Ecclesiastical Province of Jos are urging the West African nation’s government to be proactive in its administrative approaches.

Fr. Marcellus Nwaohuocha freed from captivity in the Catholic Archdiocese of Jos in Nigeria. Credit: OMI

Nigerian Catholic Priest Freed after Torture, Hospitalized with “deep wounds on his head”

Jun 20, 2023

Fr. Marcellus Nwaohuocha, the member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) who was kidnapped on June 17 from Nigeria’s Jos Archdiocese has been freed. 

Fr. Marcellus Nwaohuocha, abducted on June 17 from the Catholic Archdiocese of Jos in Nigeria. Credit: OMI

Catholic Missionary Priest Abducted in Nigeria’s Jos Archdiocese, Security Guard Killed

Jun 19, 2023

Fr. Marcellus Nwaohuocha, a member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI), was kidnapped on June 17 when gunmen attacked St. Paul Bomo Catholic Parish of Jos Archdiocese where he serves as Parish Priest.

Fr. James Kantoma, kidnapped from Nigeria's Jos Archdiocese on 12 June 2022. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Abductors Demanding Ransom to Free Catholic Priest Kidnapped in Jos Archdiocese, Nigeria

Jun 15, 2022

Those behind the abduction of Fr. James Kantoma, a Catholic Priest serving in Nigeria's Jos Archdiocese, are demanding N50 million (US$119,800) in order to free him.

Archbishop Matthew Ishaya Audu  offered Mass for Healing and comfort to victims of attacks and ongoing killings of innocent souls in Yelwa Zangam and Rigwe Chiefdom, Bassa LGA of Plateau State Nigeria. Credit: Jos Archdiocese

Catholic Bishops in Nigeria Pay Solidarity Visit to Victims of Attacks in Plateau State

Dec 14, 2021

A delegation from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has paid a solidarity to Miango chiefdom of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State following recent attacks in the area.

The installation of Archbishop Mattew Ishaya Audu as the Local Ordinary of Jos in Nigeria that took place Tuesday, March 31 was witnessed by 50 people in line with the government’s directive to limit public gatherings in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19. / Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama

Due to COVID-19, 50-person Congregation Witnesses Installation of Nigerian Archbishop

Apr 1, 2020

The installation of Archbishop Mattew Ishaya Audu as the Local Ordinary of Jos in Nigeria that took place Tuesday, March 31 was witnessed by 50 people in line with the government’s directive to limit public gatherings in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Africa’s most populous nation.

Archbishop-Elect Matthew Ishaya Audu of Nigeria's Jos Archdiocese / The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN)

A Papal Transfer in Nigeria, From Lafia Diocese to Jos Archdiocese

Jan 7, 2020

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Matthew Ishaya Audu as the new Archbishop of Nigeria’s Jos Archdiocese in the Plateau State of the West African nation.