His Grace, Most Rev (Dr.) Alfred Adewale Martins, the Archbishop of the
Metropolitan See of Lagos, is set to raise five deacons to the priesthood.
The event is scheduled to hold on September, 24, 2019 at St. Jude
Catholic Church, Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos.
Among those God has chosen for the ordination are Rev. Paul Tobechukwu
Ariole, Rev. Joseph Chukwuemeka Okafor, Rev. Harrison Chinagorom Okoli, Rev.
Emmanuel Emenike Onyia and Rev. Reuben Simeon Onyebuchi.
The soon-to-be ordained priests will be welcomed by a large and vibrant
Catholic faithful of the Archdiocese of Lagos. The Archdiocese of Lagos traces
its beginning to the Vicariate of the Bight of Benin which was created in 1870,
and eventually raised to an Archdiocese on the 8th of April, 1950, with the
name Archdiocese of Lagos.
Speaking on the ordination, Archbishop Martins said in a press statement,
“The faith, dedication and commitment of these five young deacons are blessings
from God to our Archdiocese. Their ministry and talents are vital to the needs
of the flock God has entrusted to his Church. With over three million strong,
energetic and faith-filled Catholic faithful, God has indeed blessed the
Archdiocese of Lagos.
“Surely the entire Catholic faithful will journey with the newly ordained
priests as they seek to know Christ Jesus in his Church and fulfill the purpose
for which they have been called, chosen and ordained priests,” Martins stated.
Speaking further, the Chief Shepherd stated that as priests and spiritual
fathers they are to continue with Christ’s redemptive work in the midst of
God’s people, adding that as faithful witnesses for Christ their lives must
necessarily exude the apostolic zeal required for the new era of
evangelization.
“I am grateful to God for their families and others in their lives who helped
nurture their faith and vocation to the priesthood,” he noted.
Ordination is the ceremony in which the sacrament of Holy Orders will be
conferred on the five deacons to make them priests.
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