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Nigeria

Martyred Nigerian priest remembered as a 'dedicated priest of God'

News: Nigeria

Fr. Justine John Dyikuk
Jul 19, 2022
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Fr. John Mark Cheitnum. Courtesy photo.

A Nigerian diocese announced Tuesday the killing of a local priest who had been kidnapped Friday from a parish in northwestern Nigeria.

Fr. John Mark Cheitnum was a priest of the Diocese of Kafanchan, in the Kaduna state of northwestern Nigeria. He was 44 years old.

The priest was abducted alongside Fr. Donatus Cleo…

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