The pioneer Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Zaria, Most Reverend George Dodo is dead.
According to a statement from the Diocese, Bishop Dodo died on Friday at the age of 66 following a brief illness.
The late Bishop has been at the helm of the Zaria Diocese since March 2001, when it was carved out from the Archdiocese of Kaduna and was inaugurated by Pope John Paul II in December 2000.
Born in April 1956, the late Nigerian Catholic Bishop was ordained a member of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Kaduna in June 1983.
Before his death, Bishop Dodo was serving as a committee member of the Mission and Inter-Religious Dialogue Department of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria.
He also served as the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN in Kaduna state between 2012 and 2019.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
