The catholic archdiocese in Festac and Amuwo gets a hit of transfers and fresh appointments in some of its parishes.
The transfers and appointments also had a major hit on various parishes in Lagos state with a whopping amount of 42 priests being transferred.
The transfer was approved by the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins.
According to the archbishop, he said in a statement signed that the transfer became necessary after the recent priestly ordination of some priests in the Archdiocese.
He said: “After a prayerful reflection, we hereby make the following appointments and transfer of priests with effect from October 29th, 2019.”
The parishes which got the transfers are Holyfamily Festac ,Church of Presentation, Mother of Perpetual Help, Amuwo-Odofin etc.
1.Holy Family Festac – Fr Mark Okojie (Associate Priest)
2.Church of Presentation, FESTAC – Fr. Michael Osamor (Issele-Uku) (Associate Priest)
3. Mother of Perpetual Help, Amuwo-Odofin – Fr. Kingsley Anoghala, C.S.s.R (New Appointment)
4.Mother of Perpetual Help Anmuo Odofin – Fr Pius Babatunde, C.S.s.R
Archbishop Martins further charged the priests to ensure that
“all outstanding Quarterly Returns should be settled before leaving for their new parishes.”
He warned that “it has been brought to our notice that there is an unacceptable trend in some instances that priests who are resuming in new parishes are accompanied by a large retinue of people leading them into their new parishes sometimes involving musical bands as if it were some sort of triumphal entry. This to say the least is uncalled for as it often involves disruption of lives of people in both parishes involved.
“We require all priests taking up their new assignments NOT to allow such elaborate accompanying parties.
“We seize this opportunity to welcome into our Archdiocese the new Fidei Donum priests and priests of Religious Institutes recently posted to us and have been duly assigned. We hope and pray their time with us will be fruitful and spiritually rewarding.”