The Archbishop of Kaduna, Matthew Man-Oso Ndagoso, has been elected as the new President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN).
He succeeds Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, the Archbishop of Owerri, who is completing his four-year tenure as president of the conference.
According to a statement signed by the Secretary General of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Very Rev. Fr. Michael Ayanleke Banjo, Ndagoso emerged as president during the ongoing plenary session of the conference at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria in Abuja.
Born on January 3, 1960, Archbishop Ndagoso was raised in a traditional religious family before converting to Catholicism. He was ordained a priest on October 4, 1986. He has served as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kaduna since November 2007 and was officially installed on January 30, 2008.
Also elected into key leadership positions were Alfred Adewale Martins, Archbishop of Lagos, as Vice President; Peter Odetoyinbo as Secretary; and Peter Chukwu as Assistant Secretary of the CBCN.
