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BISHOP AJANG EMERGES CBCN CHAIRMAN ON SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS .(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.



BISHOP AJANG EMERGES CBCN CHAIRMAN ON SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS 


The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria ( CBCN) has appointed His Excellency, Most Revd David Ajang as the Chairman Directorate of Social Communications.

Bishop Ajang was appointed alongside other officials to pilot the affairs of CBCN for a period of four years, at the first 2022 plenary of CBCN, held in Abuja, from Sunday 6 -Thursday- March 10 , 2022.

The Bishop's appointment followed his readiness to use the gift of the generation (Social Media) to evangelize, and for being media friendly as well as his incredible capacity for work given to him.

The Priests, Religious and Lay Faithful of the Catholic Diocese of Lafia, therefore congratulate the bishop on this exalted appointment and pray God who made communication a veritable tool for every human and divine activity to bequeath him with the necessary wisdom and the enablement to carry out the task bestowed on him. 

Revd Fr Godwin Apesuu
Ag. Director of Communications, 
Catholic Diocese of Lafia.

 

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