Christopher Shaman Abba
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Christopher Shaman Abba was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Minna, Nigeria
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Ordained to the priesthood on 16 December 1966, Pope Paul VI
appointed Abba bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yola on September 17, 1973, and he was ordained on 30 December 1973. On 5 July 1996, he was appointed Bishop of the Minna Diocese.
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
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Ordained to the priesthood on 16 December 1966, Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI
Paul VI , born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it...
appointed Abba bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yola on September 17, 1973, and he was ordained on 30 December 1973. On 5 July 1996, he was appointed Bishop of the Minna Diocese.