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Church in Nigeria

Bishop of new Nigerian diocese urged to make peace amid ethnic conflict

Can a bishop make peace amid Nigeria's 'most relentless and pig-headed' war?

Fr. Justine John Dyikuk
May 04, 2023
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When the first bishop of a new diocese in Nigeria was installed last month, the country’s apostolic nuncio highlighted hope that Church can help quell a sometimes violent ethnic conflict in the country’s northeastern Taraba state — especially through the sacrifices of the diocese’s new bishop.

Bishop Mark Nzukwein, first bishop of the newly erected Dioce…

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