St. Jude’s parish Inoma began as an outstation of St. Augustine’s parish Umuoba in 1936. The missionaries visited Inoma once in six to nine months because of the numerous outstation and limited number of priests.
When the missionaries arrived in 1937, the elders and chief of the community warmly received them and donated lands which were used to build a school ‘St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic mission school Inoma’ which served as both school for weekdays and place of worship on Sundays.
The history of St. Jude’s Inoma would be incomplete without mentioning Fr. HilaryMary Anisiobi who was the parish priest of St. Mary’s parish Nzam. He made remarkable impacts in the spiritual and physical aspect of the Inoma people.
The journey to parish status began in December 2002.l, when Fr. John Emeka Okafor was the parish priest of Nzam. He pleaded with the Inoma community for a permanent site for the church building on behalf of the Catholics in Inoma and his request was granted. He was replaced by Rev. Fr. Luke Omaliko.
In March 2006, St. Jude’s station was elevated to the status of an independent station and under the administration of Rev. Fr. Luke Omaliko; it was made a parish by his Grace, Most Rev. Valerian Okeke.
