Embattled prelate to lead new Nigerian diocese (L’Osservatore Romano (p. 2))

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Peter Okpaleke as the first Bishop of Ekwulobia. Bishop Okpaleke, whose appointment in 2012 as head of Nigeria’s Ahiara diocese prompted a rebellion among the Catholic faithful there, resigned his see in 2018 “for the good of the Church.” Bishop Okpaleke originally served as a priest in the Diocese of Awka, from which the Diocese of Ekwulobia has been formed.