Almost two years after the death on New Year’s Day in 2022 of Most Rev. Paul Olawoore, Bishop of Ilorin (2018-2022) aged 60, Pope Francis on Friday appointed the Very Rev. Fr. Anselm Pendo Lawani, as the substantive new Bishop of Ilorin. Monsignor Anselm Pendo Lawani, until now, the Diocesan Administrator of Ilorin, was born on 12 September 1970 in Igarra, Edo State in Nigeria. He was ordained as a priest on 15 August 2000 for the clergy of the Diocese of Ilorin. After attending Saints Peter and Paul Major…
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