Nigeria: Monsignor Yakubu Kundi ordained Bishop for Kafanchan Diocese
Monsignor Julius Yakubu Kundi has been ordained and installed as the second chief shepherd for the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan with hosts of bishops, priests and lay faithful gracing the episcopal ceremony today February 21, 2020. The prelate was earlier appointed by the Holy Father Pope Francis on Thursday December 12, 2019 since the Diocese has gone into a state of “SEDE VACANT” following the death of Bishop Joseph Danlami in 2018. The prelate was born on 15 February 1968 in Danladi, in the present diocese of Zariah. After his primary and secondary school studies, he studied at Kafanchan Teachers’ College (1985-1987). After becoming a seminarian, he completed his philosophical studies at the Saint Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary in Makurdi (1988-1991) and his theological studies at Saint Augustine's Major Seminary in Jos (1992-1996). Later he studied at the Catholic Institute of West Africa (2003-2006), obtaining a licentiate in moral theology. ...