CENTENARY CELEBRATION OF THE ORDINATION OF THE FIRST INDIGENOUS PRIEST IN WEST AFRICA, REV. FR. PAUL OBODOECHINE EMECHETE
TODAY MARKS 100 YEARS SINCE THE ORDINATION OF THE FIRST INDIGENOUS PRIEST IN WEST AFRICA, REV. FR. PAUL OBODOECHINE EMECHETE. Paul was born in the year 1888 in a town called Ezi, about 45 kilometres from Asaba. At the time, a catechist living in Illah visited the town from time to time. When Paul was…