John Namanzah Niyiring
John Namanzah Niyiring OSA (born June 4, 1960 in Zonkwa ) is Bishop of Kano .
Life
John Niyiring first completed an engineering degree at Ahmadu Bello University , the second largest university in Nigeria, in Zaria . With subsequent admission to the study of Catholic theology and philosophy in the seminary of Jos , he joined the order of the Augustinians . On July 12, 1992, he was ordained a priest . After working as postulant master of the Augustinian order in Jos, he completed a doctorate in spiritual theology from 1994 to 1999 at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome . From 1999 to 2002 he was a member of the formation team in the Augustinian monastery in Jos. After pastoral work in Benin City , he was a student master and lecturer in the Augustinian House of Philosophy at St. Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary in Makurdi from 2003 to 2005 . In 2005 he became provincial superior of the Augustinians in Nigeria.
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Kano on March 20, 2008 . The former bishop of Kano, Patrick Francis Sheehan OSA, donated him episcopal ordination on May 13, 2008 ; Co - consecrators were Renzo Fratini , Apostolic Nuncio in Nigeria , and Matthew Man-Oso Ndagoso , Archbishop of Kaduna .
Together with Imam Sheikh Abdullahi from the Jafar Adam mosque, he published a message of peace in 2012 to oppose the terror of Boko Haram , an Islamist terrorist group in northern Nigeria , and the introduction of Sharia law .
Web links
- .html entry on John Namanzah Niyiring on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on November 11, 2012.}
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick Francis Sheehan OSA |
Bishop of Kano since 2008 |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Hubert Dubois, Elsa Kleinschmager, Hélène Giumelly: Nigeria: From the war of religions , ARTE GEIE France 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Namanzah Niyiring, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerian religious, Roman Catholic bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4th 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zonkwa |