Peter Ebere Okpaleke

Nigeria · born 1963-03-01 (63) · cardinal since 2022 · cardinal priest

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Peter Ebere Okpaleke is a Nigerian prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church who has been Bishop of Ekwulobia since 29 April 2020. He was appointed Bishop of Ahiara in 2012 and consecrated in 2013, but after the local clergy and laity insisted on an Mbaise bishop instead, he was installed as bishop of Ekwulobia. He was elevated to cardinal by Pope Francis on 27 August, 2022.

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