Nigeria’s Cardinal Okpaleke gets new appointment – Vatican
October 8, 2022
His Holiness, Pope Francis has appointed His Eminence, Peter Ebere Cardinal Okpaleke, to serve as a member for the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life.
The Catholic Bishop of Ekwulobia’s appointment was among some recently created Cardinals to be members of different dicastery of the Roman Curia, the Vatican announced.
His Holiness, Pope Francis.
This is contained in a statement on Saturday through Fr. Mike Umoh, the National Director of Social Communications, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Abuja.
According to the statement, the Cardinal’s new responsibility came among other Cardinals appointed as announced by the Vatican.
Cardinal Okpaleke was among the 20 prelates welcomed into the College of Cardinals by Pope Francis on Aug. 27.