{"id":4779,"date":"2013-03-04T17:09:55","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T17:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=4779"},"modified":"2013-03-04T17:09:55","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T17:09:55","slug":"ahiara-catholic-diocese-bishop-elect-saga-no-going-back-on-msgr-okpaleke-as-church-begins-prayer-for-acceptance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=4779","title":{"rendered":"Ahiara Catholic Diocese Bishop-Elect Saga  No Going Back on Msgr. Okpaleke  As Church Begins Prayer For Acceptance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/rev.-fr.-vestment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4780\" title=\"rev. fr. vestment\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/rev.-fr.-vestment.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/rev.-fr.-vestment.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/rev.-fr.-vestment-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>anthony anyanwu<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Worried over the continued rejection of the appointment of Msgr. Peter Ebere Okpaleke as the Bishop Elect of Ahiara Diocese by the Clergy and Laity of Mbaise, Bishops of the Owerri Ecclesiastical Province has made it clear that there is no going back on the pronouncement by the Vatican.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a communiqu\u00e9 issued after their meeting at the Bishops Conference Hall Assumpta Pastoral Centre Owerri titled, \u201cThe way forward\u201d the Catholic Bishops of the province drew the attention of the Mbaise Catholic fatefuls to a Quotation from the Canon Law, \u201cThere is neither appeal nor recourse against the Judgment or decree of the Roman Pontiff\u201d (C.333&amp;3).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Bishops said, \u201cTrusting in the Mercy of God and relying on the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, we hereby declare a special week of prayer in the province for healing, peace and harmony within Ahiara diocese, from Sunday 3<sup>rd<\/sup> March to Sunday 10<sup>th<\/sup> March, 2013. This intention should be included in the Holy Masses, Adoration, Recitation of the Rosary and Stations of the Cross within the designated week of prayer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Bishops finally urged the people of Mbaise, \u201cIn this Holy season of Lent when Holy Mother Church invites all her children to a change of heart, we ask the clergy, Laity and Religious of Ahiara diocese to come together, join hands and begin to prepare for the ordination of Msgr. Okpalaeke\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; anthony anyanwu &nbsp; Worried over the continued rejection of the appointment of Msgr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frontpage"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","elegant-magazine-featured":"","elegant-magazine-medium":"","elegant-magazine-medium-small":"","elegant-magazine-thumbnail-small":""},"author_info":{"info":["Imo Trumpeta"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Frontpage<\/a>","tag_info":"Frontpage","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4781,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4779\/revisions\/4781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}