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History of Parish The idea of a Catholic Chaplaincy in the Federal University Lokoja was first muted in 2012 when about 20 (twenty) Catholic Students gathered under a tree for fellowship. This was further boosted by the Catholic Bishop of Lokoja Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Martins D. Olorunmolu who sent Rev. Fr. Paul-Kolade Tubi to […]

History of Parish The bid to evangelize Kabba parish began when the SMA Missionaries were sent to found the Vicariate of Western Nigeria in 1888, the area fell into the Vicariate. Msgr. Carlo Zappa, the great astronomer who laboured with his predecessor, Fr. Jules-Ambrose Poirier (1884-1888) came here between 1888 and 1906. In this Vicariate, […]

History of Parish The parish was created in 1991. It was carved out of C.K.C Okene by the then Local Ordinary, Bishop A. O. Makozi. The first parish priest was Rev. Fr. B. S. Anikoh. It was not easy at the beginning but the people and the parish priest had to work tremendously to put […]

History of Parish St. Michael parish Obajana was created during Golden Jubilee celebration of the Catholic Diocese of Lokoja, on 11th July, 2014, by the Bishop of the Diocese, Most. Rev. Dr. D.A Olorunmolu. Fr. Leo Michael was appointed as first parish priest. It is made of St. Michael’s Obajana, St. Theresa’s New Oyo and […]

History of Parish Prior to 1993 there was only one Mass centre in the whole of Kabba Township, which was Sacred Heart Catholic Church, until on the 6th of January 1993, when Rev. Fr. Lious Fowoyo the newly appointed Parish Priest of Kabba Catholic Church accelerated the move for the creation of new Parishes. According […]

History of Parish The present Obangede Parish started as a Mass Centre in June 1990, with Rev. Fr. Francis Ododo as minister, while Mr. Anthony Salami from Nagazi-Uvete in Osisi Parish, was appointed to conduct service whenever the priest could not come to celebrate Mass. In October 1991, Obangede became a Parish, with Rev. Fr. […]

History of Parish St. Martin’s Catholic Church began in the year 1979. The first mass in Ajaokuta Steel City was celebrated at what is called today St. Martin’s parish on 4th February, 1979 with Twelve (12) catholic faithful. In 1987,when the parish i.e St. Peter’s relocated to the permanent site, the Catholic faithful from Geregu […]

History of Parish What we have today as Ogbom Parish, started as St. Paul's Catholic Church, Ogbom situated in the South eastern part of the Diocese. The station was opened in 1983. It was for a very long time under Isanlu Parish before it was carved out of Isanlu to be with Egbe Parish in […]

History of Parish What is known as Ss. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael Catholic Churc.h today, started with the interaction of some legionaries (Mrs. Enemali, Mr Emmanuel Idakwo & Mr. Michael Anoja. Their early effort culminated into the gathering of six families for prayers in Gadumo on June 18, 2000. The families include: The families of; […]

History of Parish When Kogi State was created in 1991 out of the then Kwara State and Benue State, the staffs deployed from both states were temporarily accommodated in the Military Barrack (now known as Chari Maigumeri) because of the shortage of accommodation in Lokoja. All Catholic civil servants accommodated in the Barrack were then […]

History of Parish 1884 SMA missionaries landed in Lokoja and in 1892, they moved to Asaba. In 1894, they had their visit to Kabba which was an outstation under Lokoja. 1906, Msgr. C. Zappa made an official visit to Kabba. The first Catholic Church in Kabba then named St. Mary which died in 1923 and, […]

History of Parish Koton-Karfe Parish originally used to be under the Cathedral, until 1956 when it was made a parish. But for many years afterwards, it was been administered from Lokoja. Fr. Antonio Masse CSSP came to Koton-Karfe as the first resident parish priest in 1962. The Parish has many tribes who speak: Hausa, Gwari, […]

History of Parish The beginnings of St. Mary’s Catholic Church FFN area, of Ajaokuta started as far back as 1984. At that time, some members of the Legion of Mary dimmed it fit to always gather to pray around FFN area for two major reasons. Firstly, going to attend Sunday masses at Geregu camp from […]

History of Parish In 1926, Odolu became a Mass centre. Prominent members of the Church included Late Chief Obalahakun and Late Pa Oparawoja. In 1930, there was a general persecution of religious beliefs which hampered the growth of the Church. The worship centre was reopened in 1940 with Late Timothy Olufere as the Catechist, but […]

History of Parish Unlike most parishes of today, Christ the King Catholic Church Okene went through stages of development until the Church which now constitutes CKC Parish came into being. History has it that, Rev. Fr. Zappa an SMA Priest from Asaba who visited Okene in 1915 was unable to accomplish his mission to establish […]