AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of Bishop of Ilorin

Monday, 11 December 2023

NIGERIA

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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 8, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Anselm Pendo Lawani, until now diocesan administrator of Ilorin, Nigeria, as bishop of the same ecclesiastical circumscription.
Msgr. Anselm Pendo Lawani was born on 12 September 1970 in Igarra, in Edo State, Nigeria.
He was ordained a priest on 15 August 2000 for the clergy of the diocese of Ilorin. After attending Saints Peter and Paul Major Seminary in Bodija, Ibadan, he was awarded a Master of Divinity at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake in Chicago, Illinois (United States of America).
He has held the following offices: parish vicar of Saint Joseph in Osi (2000-2001); deputy parish priest of Holy Angels in Chicago (2001-2005); parish administrator of Holy Angels in Chicago (2006); parish priest of Saint Bartholomew in Kaiama (2006); parish priest of Saint Anthony in Fate (2006-2010); director of vocations of the diocese of Ilorin (2008-2022); since 2008, member of the College of Consultors of the diocese of Ilorin; parish priest of Saint Anthony in Fate (2010-20129, parish priest of Saint Cyprian in Offa/Erin-Ile (2012-2017); dean of the deanery of Ilorin (2017-2023); from 2017 to the present, parish administrator of Saint Joseph’s Cathedral of Ilorin; since 2022, diocesan administrator of Ilorin. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 11/12/2023)