Bishop Okpaleke becomes the fourth Cardinal from Nigeria. Others before him are Francis Arinze, Anthony Okogie and John Onaiyekan.
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Obi spoke Thursday to journalists at the Nnamdi Azikiwe international Airport, Abuja
Obi was speaking Wednesday during the requiem mass for Nzeribe’s mother presided by the Emeritus Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Mbaise, Most Rev. Peter Okpaleke.
The Rt. Rev. Peter Okpaleke was appointed for the post by the church hierarchy but the indigenous priests and the laity rejected him on the ground that he was not from the area.