It was jubilation galore on Wednesday for members of Rev Fr. Tony Ewherido congregation immediately the church announced him as Bishop of Warri Catholic Diocese.
TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports that members of Ewherido’s congregation in a trending video received the announcement of Rev Fr. Tony Ewherido as the new Bishop of Warri Catholic Diocese.
The officiating minister described him as a man who loves the church and has graciously accepted the appointment.
Before this appointment he was Rector of the Seminary of SS. Peter & Paul, Bodija, Ibadan, Oyo State.
Monsignor Ewherido takes over from Archbishop Augustine Akubeze (of Benin City) who served as Apostolic Administrator of Warri Diocese following the retirement of Bishop John Okeoghene Afareha since April 2022.
With this appointment, Monsignor Ewherido becomes the third rector of Bodija Seminary to be appointed bishop, after John Onaiyekan (1982) and Francis Adesina (2019).
Fr Tony Ewherido was ordained in October, 1987
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