| 词条 | Roman Catholic Diocese of Ahiara |
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| jurisdiction = Diocese | name = Ahiara | latin = Dioecesis Ahiarana | local = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | country = {{Flag|Nigeria}} | territory = Mbaise, Imo State | province = Owerri | metropolitan = Archbishop of Owerri | archdeaconries = | deaneries = | subdivisions = | coordinates = {{coord|5|31|40.2|N|7|16|23.9|E|}} Ahiara | area_km2 = 425 | area_sqmi = | area_footnotes = | population = 510,623 | population_as_of = 2004 | catholics = 401,506 | catholics_percent = 78.6 | parishes = | churches = | congregations = | schools = | members = | denomination = Roman Catholic | sui_iuris_church = Latin Church | rite = Roman Rite | established = November 18, 1987 | cathedral = Mater Ecclesiae Cathedral | cocathedral = | patron = | patron_title = | priests = | pope = {{Incumbent pope}} | patriarch = | major_archbishop = | bishop = Sede vacante | bishop_title = | metro_archbishop = | coadjutor = | suffragans = | auxiliary_bishops = | apostolic_admin = | vicar_general = | episcopal_vicar = | archdeacons = | emeritus_bishops = | map = Nigeria Imo State map.png | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = Ahiara is in Imo State which is shown in red. | website = AhiaraDiocese.org | footnotes = }} The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ahiara ({{lang-la|Ahiaran(a)}}) is a diocese located in Ahiara in the region of Mbaise in Imo State in the Ecclesiastical province of Owerri in Nigeria. History
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Leadership
Since 2012, the clergy and laity of the diocese have refused to accept the bishop appointed as their ordinary, Peter Ebere Okpaleke, because he is not of the Mbaise ethnic group or chosen from among the local priests.[1][1][2] On July 3, 2013, Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, was appointed Apostolic Administrator. On June 8, 2017, Pope Francis, having received a delegation from the Diocese, gave all members of the diocesan clergy (priests and deacons) 30 days to personally write to the Vatican pledging obedience to the Pope and accepting Bishop Okpaleke. Those who failed to write would be suspended a divinis (which would prohibit a priest or deacon from administering any of the Sacraments, save for a priest hearing the Confession of a person in danger of death), and would be removed from their posts. He had considered suppressing the diocese, but decided against that idea.[3][4][5] The papal text in English was posted June 9 on the blog of Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Jos, president of the Nigerian bishops' conference.[6] On July 8, it was reported that while the letter of apology was sent, the appointment of Bishop Okpalaeke was still rejected by the local priests who insisted that the Vatican was enforcing racial discrimination in the country by hiring outsider priests to become Bishops.[7] On July 22, 2017 Pope Francis agreed to respond through emissaries to the individual priests protesting Bishop Okpalaeke's appointment.[8] Two days later, Barr Chizoba Nnagboh, chairman of the Catholic Laity Council of Nigeria (CLCN), described the words and actions of the dissenting clergy to be scandalous and disgraceful.[9] See also
References1. ^http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2017/pope-tells-nigerian-priests-accept-bishop-or-be-suspended.cfm 2. ^https://cruxnow.com/analysis/2017/06/11/three-ironies-dramatic-show-papal-muscle-nigeria/ 3. ^1 http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/06/10/pope_receives_delegation_from_nigerian_diocese_of_ahiara/1318206 4. ^http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2017/06/08/0396/00888.html 5. ^http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/it/speeches/2017/june/documents/papa-francesco_20170608_diocesi-ahiara.html 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ignatiuskaigama.com/message-holiness-pope-francis-diocese-ahiara/ |title="MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS, POPE FRANCIS TO THE DIOCESE OF AHIARA" |access-date=June 13, 2017 }} 7. ^http://leadership.ng/2017/07/08/partial-victory-pope-ahiara-diocese/ 8. ^https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2017/07/22/pope-begins-answering-priests-troubled-nigerian-diocese/ 9. ^https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/catholic-laity-council-okays-pope-s-suspension-sanction-against-ahiara-diocese/206849.html External links
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