Oldest Catholic priest in Nigeria dies at 104

ACI Africa, Nov 26, 2024 / 11:19 am Father Thomas Oleghe, the oldest priest in Nigeria has passed away at the age of 104. Oleghe died in the early hours of Nov. 24, the Solemnity of Christ the King, the bishop of the Diocese of Auchi announced in a statement. “With gratitude to God for a life well lived on earth I hereby inform you of the passage of the Rt. Rev. MSGR Thomas Oleghe the oldest Catholic priest in Nigeria as of today, to the great beyond at about 2.30 a.m. this morning on the 24th of November, 2024,” Bishop Gabriel Ghiakhomo Dunia wrote in the statement. The bishop announced that the funeral for Oleghe will be Nov. 27. “May his lovely and gentle soul continue to rest in perfect peace. Amen,” Dunia prayed. Born in February 1920, Oleghe was ordained a priest in December 1957. He served in various parishes in the Auchi diocese including St. John The Apostle Igarra Parish where he initiated reforms that laid the foundations of the glorious status of the church today. In a …