Category Bakanja Deanery

christ the king parish, Odeh

The light of the gospel came to Odeh in the year 1934, through Rev. Fr. Joseph Delaney from St. Joseph’s Catholic church, Aguleri. He was accompanied by Mr. Sylvester Izualor, a teacher of a native of Nando as an interpreter…

st. mary’s parish, Nzam

Christianity kicked off in Nzam in 1934 when Fr. Francis Oboyan, a german priest was sent from the Aguleri mission to the preach to the people at Odeh, Odomagu and Nzam. He was accompanied by Mr. Sylvester Izualor. Their message…

St. Jude’s Parish, Innoma

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,…

st. michael’s parish, Igbokenyi

The parish of St. Michael Parish, Igbokenyi began in 1954 as an outstation of St. Joseph Parish Aguleri. The first baptism was conducted in 1955 and the first confirmation took place in 1956. In 1978, Nzam became a parish, and…

Holy Trinity parish, Igbedor

Holy Trinity parish, Ege oja is one of the riverine parishes with its native language as igala. It comprised of Holy Trinity parish, Ege oja and two other outstation (now St. Vincent de Paul Igbedor and St. Brendan Allay/Onugwa outstation.…