Even in the face of the security challenges in the North East, Catholic faithful among the Nigerian soldiers get solace, grace, strength, and power from the Holy Mass/ Holy Eucharist.

Reverend Father, adorned in army uniform and armed with his rifle, presided over the celebration, where they hand themselves and the security situation in Nigeria over to God.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z76ubrx-TTU
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lalasticlala

This is normal, they are called army chaplains.

Those are catholic priests who serve among soldiers, they receive military training and bear arms. Many even have military rank. I think cardinal okogie used to be one. In US they have their own diocese and bishops.

I used to have WW II pictures of such priests saying mass in battle fields, right in the front lines.
crazy.

lalastica

Ubenedictus:
This is normal, they are called army chaplains.

Those are catholic priests who serve among soldiers, they receive military training and bear arms. Many even have military rank. I think cardinal okogie used to be one. In US they have their own diocese and bishops.

I used to have WW II pictures of such priests saying mass in battle fields, right in the front lines.
crazy.

Nicholas Okoh (Head of Anglican Church in Nigeria, a retired Colonel not Cardinal Okogie)

KGBEAST:

Nicholas Okoh (Head of Anglican Church in Nigeria, a retired Colonel not Cardinal Okogie)

Actually I am confident of what i am talking about, the young olubumi okogie when he was just a priest was drafted into the military as a chaplain and serve during the biafran war.
he left after the war.

Ubenedictus:
Actually I am confident of what i am talking about, the young olubumi okogie when he was just a priest was drafted into the military as a chaplain and serve during the biafran war.
he left after the war.

You are right, I just googled it, my apologies

KGBEAST:
You are right, I just googled it, my apologies

no problem.
so the anglican primate was a colonel? that is nice.

Ubenedictus:
no problem.

so the anglican primate was a colonel?
that is nice.

Lt. Colonel to be precise, chaplains can't rise above full Colonel

KGBEAST:
Lt. Colonel to be precise, chaplains can't rise above full Colonel

Wow that's a nice one
Why cant they rise above colonel?

Ubenedictus:
Wow
that's a nice one

Why cant they rise above colonel?

Terms of commissioning/recruitment under NDA, I saw it in a recent NDA recruitment ad, the head of Army chaplaincy is always a Colonel, and it was started there that's the highest post available for them