The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has named new leaders to guide Veritas University after the end of the previous officers’ terms.
Archbishop Matthew Man’oso Ndagoso of Kaduna, recently elected as CBCN president, becomes the University’s new visitor.
A statement by the Head, Corporate Affairs of the institution Mr. Ben Agande said, he succeeds Archbishop Lucius Ugorji of Owerri, who completed a four-year stint as CBCN president
Bishop Augustine Echema of Aba Diocese takes over as pro-chancellor and council chairman from Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto, also after four years in the post.
According to Agande, both appointees bring deep religious and academic credentials.
Archbishop Ndagoso, Metropolitan of Kaduna since 2007 after earlier leading Maiduguri Diocese, studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas in Rome. Ordained in 1986, he is a seasoned church figure.
Bishop Echema, born in 1958, holds a doctorate in theology from the Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen in Frankfurt.
The statement said, as a professor of liturgy at the Catholic Institute of West Africa in Port Harcourt, his work features prominently in African theology journals.
Professor (Rev. Fr.) Hyacinth Ichoku, Veritas University’s Vice-Chancellor, has welcomed the appointments and pledged full cooperation to advance the institution’s founding vision.
