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The same reason yorubas are numerous in the baptist and few easterners.

brostheo:
They are busy donating money to their f daddies in the Lord, Adeboye and oyedepo



In between ,Yoruba people too like miracles, that na why them Oyedepo ,Tb Joshua they take them do yeye

You better polish your english before posting any comment.

Greenback:
haba,see bitter painment o

from ur thrash above, it's u whoss whinning,moaning,grieving,mouthfoaming and crying...

and when u talk about and accuse others of being tribal,what u gat to say about ur good_citizen moniker?

O4onja

op,the catholic church is a sacred place meant for pious and ppl of reverence and for sinners who wanna live the Godly life....it aint a garrage for owodas and omo_ageges,not for touts and agberos to officiate and control,not for sepe and ogogoro rum_pot cone heads o.....and its certainly not for sophisticated braunruffas


yu right,lets ignore the 'trons ghommids and cone head homonids and be gud citizens

kindly explain this junk in a comprehensive way. I can't comprehend the mumbo jumbo.

ipodstinks:
kindly explain this junk in a comprehensive way. I can't comprehend the mumbo jumbo.

iyam sorry,i cant help ur nepa bill exclusive status disability..sorry

however,quit ogogoro,that might help.

Op,the catholic churc aint a place for sophisticated noice making.

Nodogragra4me:
A baby is not qualified for baptism whether you want to believe it or not. Jesus Christ was baptized as a man. And never baptized any baby. The apostles never baptized any baby. .....Baptism is the begin of your Christian journey ....you need to accept Christ for yourself and not by proxy.


Every building requires a foundation. You need a personal conviction of what you are about to do before you do it ........you walk into a river or pool with your legs and be baptized. ...... the Bible says unless a man be born , in this context , it is so wing about maturity.

Ok young man, I read at the bold and believe me, baptizing a child seems to be a NO NO from your personal perspective.
Now I'm not trying to convince you but look at it from another perspective.

Have you seen very, I mean very rich parents who open bank accounts or buy properties in their children's name?
If you haven't, I have seen lots of rich parents open bank accounts for children as old as 2years.
If a parent can open an account for a child who doesn't know what money is but just to give that child a sense of security for the future in case something bad happen to the parents, don't you think one of the best things​ a parent can give a child is Jesus by getting him or her baptized. Just in case something bad happen to the child, his soul will not be lost.

If you think opening a bank account for a child is OK, then who are you to deny the child Jesus through baptism.

Plz is pan African university in anyway affiliated to the Catholic Church? Cos I head to metamorphosed from Lagos Business School.

chidiebere2020:
SINCE the day Reverend Father Lutz from France stepped his feet on the soil of the ancient city of Onitsha in 1885, the history of the people of Eastern Nigeria has not been the same. Our history changed for the better. I do reflect, from time to time, on the heroism of European missionaries who left the relative comforts of their homes to come to Igboland and the rest of Eastern Nigeria from the 19th Century in order to bring the Good News to our people. Some died on the high seas. Some died of diseases like malaria endemic in the tropics. Some were killed by our people who innocently thought that they were strange and dangerous beings because the Europeans looked totally different from them. Yet, the Christian missionaries persisted because of their immense love of God and humanity. Father Lutz, Bishop Joseph Shannahan, Bishop Joseph Heery and other early missionaries are a perfect example of what the Bible calls agape love, or sacrificial love. May their souls rest in the bosom of the Lord. These authentic men of God did not just bring us the Gospel. They spearheaded the abolition of improper cultural practices like the killing of twins and the”osu” and “ohu” caste system. They brought us modern healthcare. The impressive hospitals they established in places like Onitsha, Ihiala and Adazi, all in Anambra State, several decades ago still provide our people with quality services. The Holy Rosary Hospital at Emekuku, Imo State, and St Luke’s Hospital, Anua, Akwa Ibom State, are among the numerous medical facilities established by the Church in Eastern Nigeria which have been of immense benefit to our people. Many people abandoned by their families and communities because they were afflicted by diseases like leprosy were treated in hospitals like these ones free of charge. I hesitate to imagine what Eastern Nigeria would have been without the Church. If not for Caritas, the Catholic charity, millions of our people would have perished during the civil war due to acute hunger. The Federal Government imposed an economic and food blockade against Eastern Nigeria because, as it argued, “starvation is a legitimate instrument of war”. Caritas cargo planes were strafed relentlessly, day and night. I personally benefitted greatly from the tones of dried milk, corned beef, salt, egg yoke, dried milk and other critical things made available by Caritas. The contribution of the Church to the educational development of Eastern Nigeria remain unparalleled. The missionaries used their limited resources to build schools all over the place, and products of these schools were competing favourably with their counterparts anywhere in the world. Generations of our best teachers, professors, lawyers, medical doctors and other professionals were trained in places like Christ the King College, Onitsha. I am a proud Old Boy of the great CKC. Up to 1970, many of the schools in various places in the Southeast were either established or managed by the Church. Like in other parts of the world, it has always been a thing of pride to associate with a Catholic Church owned or run school. Without the Church, there is no way Eastern Nigeria could have made the stupendous progress it has recorded in education, especially from 1945 when the Second World War came to an end. The Yoruba people of Western Nigeria, for instance, have a historical head start over the Igbo in education principally because major Yoruba towns and cities like Lagos are located on the coast; the white people who brought formal education to Nigeria came through the sea. Yet, within only two decades, the Igbo, to use Professor Chinua Achebe’s language, “had wiped out their educational handicap in one fantastic burst of energy”. By 1965, the Igbo were competing favourably with the Yoruba. In fact, there were more Igbo PhD holders among the Igbo than among the Yoruba, though the Yoruba had more professors. It is regrettable that the government took over Church schools in Nigeria, beginning with, of all places, East Central State (today’s Southeast). The forcible acquisition practically sounded the death knell of sound and solid education throughout the country. Hitherto, we received a kind of education which combined high academic standards with high morals and discipline. This was in line with the tradition of Catholic education everywhere in the world. It is, therefore, with joy that we note that some state governments have begun to return some of these schools to their proprietors. We look forward to having schools like CKC, Onitsha, and College of Immaculate Conception, Enugu, as well as St Patrick’s College, Calabar, return to their days of glory. We also note with delight that the Catholic Church has demonstrated great keenness on the development of higher education, particularly since the liberalisation of the ownership and management of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. It has far more private universities than any organisation. Some of the higher institutions it owns directly or indirectly are Madonna University which is the first private university in the country, Catholic University of Nigeria, Tansian University, St Augustine University, Renaissance University, Bishop Godfrey Okoye University, etc. It does, indeed, gladden the heart that the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, which in the mid 1990s established Loyola Jesuit College in Abuja, the most competitive secondary school in Nigeria, is working hard on building a Jesuit university in the Federal Capital Territory. The role of Opus Dei, a prelature of the Church, in the establishment and management of such famous new institutions as The Lagoon Secondary School in Lagos and The White Sands Secondary School, also in Lekki, Lagos, as well as the Pan African University in Lagos, is well appreciated. On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Catholic Church, it behoves the three Dioceses in Anambra State to seriously consider starting a famous university in the class of Pan African University, all the more so with the Archdiocese of Abuja about to establish a Jesuit University. After all, each of the dioceses is headed by a scholar of repute. We note with pride that the Church in the Onitsha Archdiocese and the Eastern Nigeria has remained faithful to its principal role: saving souls by reconciling man with his creator through preaching and practising the Good News. There are a lot of big churches everywhere, and many others are springing up rapidly. The churches are always full. Our seminaries, convents and monasteries are full of young men and women eager to serve God with all their being. Our people are the bedrock of Catholicism in every part of Nigeria. Bishop Shannahan described Eastern Nigerians as “natural Catholics”. We gave the Church Blessed Iwene Tansi, the first West African to be beatified. We gave the Church Dominic Cardinal Ekandem and Francis Cardinal Arinze. We produced Rt Rev Godfrey Okoye, the extraordinarily dynamic first Bishop of Enugu Diocese who had earlier served as the Bishop of Port Harcourt and led a holy life. We gave the Church Michael Eneja, the late Bishop of Enugu who led a saintly life right from the time he was in Onitsha as a young priest and inspired a generation of young people into going to the Ministry Mr. Chike MADUEKWE, a lawyer, writes from Anambra

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/12/125-years-of-catholic-church-in-eastern-nigeria/

Sir get ur facts well. The bishop can closed down the adoration ministry. The school is sti a Catholic school and everything mbaka owns is for the church though he has free hand in running it. When he dies, the church buries him and all his property even his personal bank account is taken over by the church. That what the Canon law says. As an ex Religious, I know muc about the Catholic Church. Everything thing a Catholic priests dies like deliverance ministry is at the discretion of the bishop. They scrutinise it to ensure it real and not fraudulent...once I strays from Catholic way, it closed down and the priest sanctions.

Nodogragra4me:
The censor being discussed is majorly around finance.....did he close his adoration ministry? Does he remit his money to the larger Catholic Church and the school he is said to be building in his area of Enugu state , is it answerable to the Catholic Church?

BabaCommander:
Someone just said it's cus they can't do without women. But OP, when did Roman Catholics became Christians?

receive sense today... Kuku say Roman Catholics are muslims na

As a Yoruba man nd a practicing Catholic, I will ansa dis 2 d best I knw.
1) Because they first receive Anglican communion b4 the Catholic Church came over.
2)Our fore fathers sees some of the Catholic practices as a threat to deir own beliefs. E.g The issue of Celibacy, sacrament of confession etc
3)As at when d Anglican came in, they arrive with dos dt undastand the Yoruba language, I.e they had interpreter, nd some were Yorubas that has accepted the faith outside Yoruba jurisdiction, where as the Catholic missionaries then are white, so they couldn't convert more due to language barrier
4) On y we have more Igbo Priests to Yoruba, I reserve dt, but I can say categorically that we have more Yoruba Priests now, I cn list and count if not more than, den something close to 100 Yoruba Priests in Lagos and Ibadan provinces..








Am open to answer any questions as long as it's about Catholic and Catholicism as long as it's genuine and not religious bigotry

chidiebere2020:
SINCE the day Reverend Father Lutz from France stepped his feet on the soil of the ancient city of Onitsha in 1885, the history of the people of Eastern Nigeria has not been the same. Our history changed for the better. I do reflect, from time to time, on the heroism of European missionaries who left the relative comforts of their homes to come to Igboland and the rest of Eastern Nigeria from the 19th Century in order to bring the Good News to our people. Some died on the high seas. Some died of diseases like malaria endemic in the tropics. Some were killed by our people who innocently thought that they were strange and dangerous beings because the Europeans looked totally different from them. Yet, the Christian missionaries persisted because of their immense love of God and humanity. Father Lutz, Bishop Joseph Shannahan, Bishop Joseph Heery and other early missionaries are a perfect example of what the Bible calls agape love, or sacrificial love. May their souls rest in the bosom of the Lord. These authentic men of God did not just bring us the Gospel. They spearheaded the abolition of improper cultural practices like the killing of twins and the”osu” and “ohu” caste system. They brought us modern healthcare. The impressive hospitals they established in places like Onitsha, Ihiala and Adazi, all in Anambra State, several decades ago still provide our people with quality services. The Holy Rosary Hospital at Emekuku, Imo State, and St Luke’s Hospital, Anua, Akwa Ibom State, are among the numerous medical facilities established by the Church in Eastern Nigeria which have been of immense benefit to our people. Many people abandoned by their families and communities because they were afflicted by diseases like leprosy were treated in hospitals like these ones free of charge. I hesitate to imagine what Eastern Nigeria would have been without the Church. If not for Caritas, the Catholic charity, millions of our people would have perished during the civil war due to acute hunger. The Federal Government imposed an economic and food blockade against Eastern Nigeria because, as it argued, “starvation is a legitimate instrument of war”. Caritas cargo planes were strafed relentlessly, day and night. I personally benefitted greatly from the tones of dried milk, corned beef, salt, egg yoke, dried milk and other critical things made available by Caritas. The contribution of the Church to the educational development of Eastern Nigeria remain unparalleled. The missionaries used their limited resources to build schools all over the place, and products of these schools were competing favourably with their counterparts anywhere in the world. Generations of our best teachers, professors, lawyers, medical doctors and other professionals were trained in places like Christ the King College, Onitsha. I am a proud Old Boy of the great CKC. Up to 1970, many of the schools in various places in the Southeast were either established or managed by the Church. Like in other parts of the world, it has always been a thing of pride to associate with a Catholic Church owned or run school. Without the Church, there is no way Eastern Nigeria could have made the stupendous progress it has recorded in education, especially from 1945 when the Second World War came to an end. The Yoruba people of Western Nigeria, for instance, have a historical head start over the Igbo in education principally because major Yoruba towns and cities like Lagos are located on the coast; the white people who brought formal education to Nigeria came through the sea. Yet, within only two decades, the Igbo, to use Professor Chinua Achebe’s language, “had wiped out their educational handicap in one fantastic burst of energy”. By 1965, the Igbo were competing favourably with the Yoruba. In fact, there were more Igbo PhD holders among the Igbo than among the Yoruba, though the Yoruba had more professors. It is regrettable that the government took over Church schools in Nigeria, beginning with, of all places, East Central State (today’s Southeast). The forcible acquisition practically sounded the death knell of sound and solid education throughout the country. Hitherto, we received a kind of education which combined high academic standards with high morals and discipline. This was in line with the tradition of Catholic education everywhere in the world. It is, therefore, with joy that we note that some state governments have begun to return some of these schools to their proprietors. We look forward to having schools like CKC, Onitsha, and College of Immaculate Conception, Enugu, as well as St Patrick’s College, Calabar, return to their days of glory. We also note with delight that the Catholic Church has demonstrated great keenness on the development of higher education, particularly since the liberalisation of the ownership and management of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. It has far more private universities than any organisation. Some of the higher institutions it owns directly or indirectly are Madonna University which is the first private university in the country, Catholic University of Nigeria, Tansian University, St Augustine University, Renaissance University, Bishop Godfrey Okoye University, etc. It does, indeed, gladden the heart that the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, which in the mid 1990s established Loyola Jesuit College in Abuja, the most competitive secondary school in Nigeria, is working hard on building a Jesuit university in the Federal Capital Territory. The role of Opus Dei, a prelature of the Church, in the establishment and management of such famous new institutions as The Lagoon Secondary School in Lagos and The White Sands Secondary School, also in Lekki, Lagos, as well as the Pan African University in Lagos, is well appreciated. On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Catholic Church, it behoves the three Dioceses in Anambra State to seriously consider starting a famous university in the class of Pan African University, all the more so with the Archdiocese of Abuja about to establish a Jesuit University. After all, each of the dioceses is headed by a scholar of repute. We note with pride that the Church in the Onitsha Archdiocese and the Eastern Nigeria has remained faithful to its principal role: saving souls by reconciling man with his creator through preaching and practising the Good News. There are a lot of big churches everywhere, and many others are springing up rapidly. The churches are always full. Our seminaries, convents and monasteries are full of young men and women eager to serve God with all their being. Our people are the bedrock of Catholicism in every part of Nigeria. Bishop Shannahan described Eastern Nigerians as “natural Catholics”. We gave the Church Blessed Iwene Tansi, the first West African to be beatified. We gave the Church Dominic Cardinal Ekandem and Francis Cardinal Arinze. We produced Rt Rev Godfrey Okoye, the extraordinarily dynamic first Bishop of Enugu Diocese who had earlier served as the Bishop of Port Harcourt and led a holy life. We gave the Church Michael Eneja, the late Bishop of Enugu who led a saintly life right from the time he was in Onitsha as a young priest and inspired a generation of young people into going to the Ministry Mr. Chike MADUEKWE, a lawyer, writes from Anambra

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/12/125-years-of-catholic-church-in-eastern-nigeria/

And they did all these while enslsving blacks in their country.

kateskitty:
If you think the Roman Catholics aren't​ Christians, fine.
But who brought christianity to Nigeria
Let me guess Oyedepo or is it pastor Chris
Who sets the date for Easter Let me guess again, is it Kumuye or Abeboye
Which church usually​ start their prayers saying "In the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit.
Let me guess, Christ embassy

Believe me, read your Bible very well and you will know that as long as you believe Jesus Christ is the only begotten son of God, you believe in the father and Holy Spirit, you are a Christian.
Case closed

actually the first missionary in Nigeria was from the Wesleyan movement also known as the Methodist..

mayowa1111:
hummm but we have up to 20 priest in my village in osun state

I didn't say there were no priests.. D fact dat there are much more denomination of churches than d south west is enof reason to ansa d OP... How many white garment churches do dey have in d east for example?

OneNigerianist:
this is the problem with the internet. Innocent people who want to learn easily get misinformed because people like you always try to make impressions which are far from reality

Unfortunately most of u use Lagos as a measurement of the west. You've not gone to the inner cities of Ogun, Oyo or even Ekiti. You don't even know what I do for a living. I speak from an informed point of view. I've traveled all the states in the whole south of Nigeria. Correct ur impression pls

chidiebere2020:
SINCE the day Reverend Father Lutz from France stepped his feet on the soil of the ancient city of Onitsha in 1885, the history of the people of Eastern Nigeria has not been the same. Our history changed for the better. I do reflect, from time to time, on the heroism of European missionaries who left the relative comforts of their homes to come to Igboland and the rest of Eastern Nigeria from the 19th Century in order to bring the Good News to our people. Some died on the high seas. Some died of diseases like malaria endemic in the tropics. Some were killed by our people who innocently thought that they were strange and dangerous beings because the Europeans looked totally different from them. Yet, the Christian missionaries persisted because of their immense love of God and humanity. Father Lutz, Bishop Joseph Shannahan, Bishop Joseph Heery and other early missionaries are a perfect example of what the Bible calls agape love, or sacrificial love. May their souls rest in the bosom of the Lord. These authentic men of God did not just bring us the Gospel. They spearheaded the abolition of improper cultural practices like the killing of twins and the”osu” and “ohu” caste system. They brought us modern healthcare. The impressive hospitals they established in places like Onitsha, Ihiala and Adazi, all in Anambra State, several decades ago still provide our people with quality services. The Holy Rosary Hospital at Emekuku, Imo State, and St Luke’s Hospital, Anua, Akwa Ibom State, are among the numerous medical facilities established by the Church in Eastern Nigeria which have been of immense benefit to our people. Many people abandoned by their families and communities because they were afflicted by diseases like leprosy were treated in hospitals like these ones free of charge. I hesitate to imagine what Eastern Nigeria would have been without the Church. If not for Caritas, the Catholic charity, millions of our people would have perished during the civil war due to acute hunger. The Federal Government imposed an economic and food blockade against Eastern Nigeria because, as it argued, “starvation is a legitimate instrument of war”. Caritas cargo planes were strafed relentlessly, day and night. I personally benefitted greatly from the tones of dried milk, corned beef, salt, egg yoke, dried milk and other critical things made available by Caritas. The contribution of the Church to the educational development of Eastern Nigeria remain unparalleled. The missionaries used their limited resources to build schools all over the place, and products of these schools were competing favourably with their counterparts anywhere in the world. Generations of our best teachers, professors, lawyers, medical doctors and other professionals were trained in places like Christ the King College, Onitsha. I am a proud Old Boy of the great CKC. Up to 1970, many of the schools in various places in the Southeast were either established or managed by the Church. Like in other parts of the world, it has always been a thing of pride to associate with a Catholic Church owned or run school. Without the Church, there is no way Eastern Nigeria could have made the stupendous progress it has recorded in education, especially from 1945 when the Second World War came to an end. The Yoruba people of Western Nigeria, for instance, have a historical head start over the Igbo in education principally because major Yoruba towns and cities like Lagos are located on the coast; the white people who brought formal education to Nigeria came through the sea. Yet, within only two decades, the Igbo, to use Professor Chinua Achebe’s language, “had wiped out their educational handicap in one fantastic burst of energy”. By 1965, the Igbo were competing favourably with the Yoruba. In fact, there were more Igbo PhD holders among the Igbo than among the Yoruba, though the Yoruba had more professors. It is regrettable that the government took over Church schools in Nigeria, beginning with, of all places, East Central State (today’s Southeast). The forcible acquisition practically sounded the death knell of sound and solid education throughout the country. Hitherto, we received a kind of education which combined high academic standards with high morals and discipline. This was in line with the tradition of Catholic education everywhere in the world. It is, therefore, with joy that we note that some state governments have begun to return some of these schools to their proprietors. We look forward to having schools like CKC, Onitsha, and College of Immaculate Conception, Enugu, as well as St Patrick’s College, Calabar, return to their days of glory. We also note with delight that the Catholic Church has demonstrated great keenness on the development of higher education, particularly since the liberalisation of the ownership and management of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. It has far more private universities than any organisation. Some of the higher institutions it owns directly or indirectly are Madonna University which is the first private university in the country, Catholic University of Nigeria, Tansian University, St Augustine University, Renaissance University, Bishop Godfrey Okoye University, etc. It does, indeed, gladden the heart that the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, which in the mid 1990s established Loyola Jesuit College in Abuja, the most competitive secondary school in Nigeria, is working hard on building a Jesuit university in the Federal Capital Territory. The role of Opus Dei, a prelature of the Church, in the establishment and management of such famous new institutions as The Lagoon Secondary School in Lagos and The White Sands Secondary School, also in Lekki, Lagos, as well as the Pan African University in Lagos, is well appreciated. On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Catholic Church, it behoves the three Dioceses in Anambra State to seriously consider starting a famous university in the class of Pan African University, all the more so with the Archdiocese of Abuja about to establish a Jesuit University. After all, each of the dioceses is headed by a scholar of repute. We note with pride that the Church in the Onitsha Archdiocese and the Eastern Nigeria has remained faithful to its principal role: saving souls by reconciling man with his creator through preaching and practising the Good News. There are a lot of big churches everywhere, and many others are springing up rapidly. The churches are always full. Our seminaries, convents and monasteries are full of young men and women eager to serve God with all their being. Our people are the bedrock of Catholicism in every part of Nigeria. Bishop Shannahan described Eastern Nigerians as “natural Catholics”. We gave the Church Blessed Iwene Tansi, the first West African to be beatified. We gave the Church Dominic Cardinal Ekandem and Francis Cardinal Arinze. We produced Rt Rev Godfrey Okoye, the extraordinarily dynamic first Bishop of Enugu Diocese who had earlier served as the Bishop of Port Harcourt and led a holy life. We gave the Church Michael Eneja, the late Bishop of Enugu who led a saintly life right from the time he was in Onitsha as a young priest and inspired a generation of young people into going to the Ministry Mr. Chike MADUEKWE, a lawyer, writes from Anambra

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/12/125-years-of-catholic-church-in-eastern-nigeria/

And Catholic is the cause of the numerous ring roads that's seen all over the East, making it the most accessible rural roads compared to other part of the country

donbenie:
You're wrong,there are many Igbos in the Anglican Church,almost as many as Roman Catholics..

yes there many Anglican Igbos in the east. But I'm speaking about a wider demographic. If u go to the inner cities of the western region, u will understand my point. It is in Lagos u find a balanced mixture btw all denominations.

Nodogragra4me:
They told you a lie.....who censors the activity of Mbaka and Munso, ede et all ....majority of the Catholic priest will be fish out of water without the Catholic Church because they are not called but just fulfilling family desires ...every calling goes with blessings for empowerment......those with calling but Catholics have found ways of fulfilling their destiny ...e.g. Fr Ozele.....he is a teacher

Of course, most Pentecostals mistake mental illnesses and hallucinations as calls.
Calls indeed. Scammers.

Every father is censored, Mbaka was transferred recently.

tete7000:
Freehand you said? When their priestley calling made them take vows of obedience and poverty? I think the church in the east need a bit of re-orientation. The same behaviour made the priests and people of Mbaise reject a bishop appointed for them by the vatican.

What needs reorientation is the unorganized rubbish Yorubas introduced into Christianity called churches.
Yoruba people made a mockery of Christianity and a thing for comedians to self-service on

Nodogragra4me:
A baby is not qualified for baptism whether you want to believe it or not. Jesus Christ was baptized as a man. And never baptized any baby. The apostles never baptized any baby. .....Baptism is the begin of your Christian journey ....you need to accept Christ for yourself and not by proxy.


Every building requires a foundation. You need a personal conviction of what you are about to do before you do it ........you walk into a river or pool with your legs and be baptized. ...... the Bible says unless a man be born , in this context , it is so wing about maturity.

To take care of that, Catholics do Confirmation, akin to Baptism to reaffirm your faith..
It's done from teenage years up

Only those who are acquainted with the history of the Christian faith in Nigeria can answer this question..
We have seen some funny dudes writing false stories here.Catholic priests came to the SW before the SE.That's an established fact...
However,at that period,the Yoruba elites were leaning towards Protestantism than Catholicism..The British colonised us and they have an history of bitter rivalry with Catholic-dominated empires and kingdoms..By virtue of this,the British systematically frustrated the Catholic Church in Ng.The British-trained Yoruba elites also followed suit.Our elites identified more with Anglican,Baptist,Methodist etc than the Roman Catholic..
Roman Catholic was and still a very conservative religion that didn't suit the spirit of the times in Yorubaland...
Though we had many Catholics in Yoruvaland yet the majority belonged to Anglican which was seen as more liberal...

Ogashub:
I observed that too

Yoruba's and igbos are miracle mongers.. You will always see them in noise making churches falling down into and out of annoiting.. They dont like how Catholics quietly and mannerfully pray.. We belive in the powers of the blessed sacrament which still works wonders... Proud Catholic

you didn't start well, but you ended well.

Emmieakon1:
As a Yoruba man nd a practicing Catholic, I will ansa dis 2 d best I knw.
1) Because they first receive Anglican communion b4 the Catholic Church came over.
2)Our fore fathers sees some of the Catholic practices as a threat to deir own beliefs. E.g The issue of Celibacy, sacrament of confession etc
3)As at when d Anglican came in, they arrive with dos dt undastand the Yoruba language, I.e they had interpreter, nd some were Yorubas that has accepted the faith outside Yoruba jurisdiction, where as the Catholic missionaries then are white, so they couldn't convert more due to language barrier
4) On y we have more Igbo Priests to Yoruba, I reserve dt, but I can say categorically that we have more Yoruba Priests now, I cn list and count if not more than, den something close to 100 Yoruba Priests in Lagos and Ibadan provinces..








Am open to answer any questions as long as it's about Catholic and Catholicism as long as it's genuine and not religious bigotry

There are far more Igbo priests than Yoruba. Don't go there

Because Catholic church is not for business where pastors make billions of naira

it is normal for yorubas to be few in catholic church due to the fact that most of the churches in Nigeria is dominated by one ethnic group or the others base on the origin of the church, for instance you hardly see igbos in anglican church and they also few in baptist, celestial mentions but a few,those found in cherubim and seraphim has their own version like eternal c&s church.

Greenback:
iyam sorry,i cant help ur nepa bill exclusive status disability..sorry

however,quit ogogoro,that might help.

Op,the catholic churc aint a place for sophisticated noice making.

, it is now confirmed that your madness does not start from you. it is a generational curse.

ZoneBslayer:
actually the first missionary in Nigeria was from the Wesleyan movement also known as the Methodist..

Read that post again, did I say Catholic brought christianity to Nigeria, I only indicated​ using QA to highlight the fact that the modern pastors​ people hold in high esteem were taught by someone else long ago.
Missionaries who were the first Christians to visit Nigeria so why was he trying to make it look like Catholics are not Christians

musicwriter:
So, you actually believe Europeans and the missionaries brought us good news and civilization?

Ethiopians has been following the doctrines of Christ before Christianity got to Europe. Now, they didn't call him Jesus, they called him HORUS. Horus is the first person to have been born through immaculate conception, died and resurrected, born by a holy mother called ISIS, walked upon the sea, raised the dead, killed by his enemy, had 12 disciples, fed many people with one fish, e.t.c. You can see clearly it was here Christianity and every other religion in the world got their idea of immaculate conception, die and resurrect, e.t.c. See video 1.

Also, before Judaism got to the Middle East it was practiced in Ethiopia as well. The last known descendant of King Solomon was emperor Haile Selaisie of Ethiopia. The book of Genesis and the creation story was copied from the book of Ra which was the creation story of ancient Kemet- Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia. See video 2.

What Europeans did was doctor the ancient African religious doctrines to suit their evil culture and enslavement of black people. That's how they created the Bible. Rome, and the European Christian missionaries then began to use bible passages to justify slavery.

Till the 1800 century, European and American churches and priests also widely held the view that “slavery was ordained by God”. Bible passages were often being quoted to rebellious slaves to remind them to obey their masters, as it was the will of God for them to be enslaved. Popular bible passages used includes the below:-

Ephesians 6 5:8 New International Version.
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.

1 Corinthians 7:20:22 New International Version.
Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them. Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you- although if you can gain your freedom, do so. For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.

Colossians 3 22:25 New International Version.
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism.

1 Peter 2 18:20 New International Version.
Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God. But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

European missionaries did not do us any good. They were part of slavery!!.

Ancient Kemet, civilization, religion, history, e.t.c.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awZy9KUzZ4Y

The book of Ra. The first creation story, older than 10,000 years before the bible and koran were written.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C4MoDIndug

for Reference.

Ogashub:
I observed that too

Yoruba's and igbos are miracle mongers.. You will always see them in noise making churches falling down into and out of annoiting.. They dont like how Catholics quietly and mannerfully pray.. We belive in the powers of the blessed sacrament which still works wonders... Proud Catholic

which igbos? Igbos have the highest Catholic population in Nigeria, say what you know

todaynewsreview:
There has been series of argument among folks over the few numbers of Roman Catholic members among the Yorubas. It is a common scenario seeing many Yorubas in denominations like The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Mountain of Fire, Living Faith, "White Garment Group of Churches", CAC, among others and even a good numbers among the Anglicans who are even Priests but the main subject of concern is why are there very few Roman Catholics or Revd Fathers of Yorubas?

If you know any Revd Father that is a Yoruba, you may reference him.

I implore oga Seun and lalasticlala to push this thread to front page for more responses.

Thanks.

u asked a question and u answered it urself

ganja06:
To an extent I like the way yorubas are structutured, the are more libral than any other ethnic group in Nigeria. The have large number of muslims, Christain and traditional worshipers and yet hardly discriminate though when I was serving in one western state the Christains there complain of marginalization by the muslims. Even there different christain dorminations are some how balanced. But Igbos are mainly Catholic and conservative

Actually historically, the religions practiced in every locality is as a result of when and how it came in contact with it,there were Muslims of Yoruba ethnicity in Ibadan as early as the late 1700s,
Also,the igbos were proselytized by different missionaries at different times,the first missionaries in the East were actually Presbyterians, they did not get a foothold, then came the Episcopals and the Lutherans,intact the first established full mission to the Southeast was led by bishop ajayi crowther,they came up the Niger and through the anambra ,Imo and Rivers river networks, got as far as Onitsha. They didnt penetrate into the hinterlands, this was successfully later done by Catholic missionaries particularly the Irish.
Today,Igbo are largely Roman Catholics,but there are a huge number of Anglicans,as well as a lot of Methodists,Presbyterians, assemblies of God,seventh day adventists and Jehovah's witness,
Also the traditional religions(ama ala) practice has waned,but is still being done by a lot of people.
Back to topic,I think yourubas have an aversion for any religion that curtails them from marrying, that why you won't see a lot of Yoruba catholic priests.

princeloba:
it is normal for yorubas to be few in catholic church due to the fact that most of the churches in Nigeria is dominated by one ethnic group or the others base on the origin of the church, for instance you hardly see igbos in anglican church and they also few in baptist, celestial mentions but a few,those found in cherubim and seraphim has their own version like eternal c&s church.

Actually, you are wrong,I am Igbo from Imo state,I am Anglican on both parents side for 3 generations now,my grandfather donated the land and supervised the building of the Church in my hometown.
There are a lot of Igbo Anglicans,even many Anglican churches in Lagos are predominantly igbo especially in neighborhoods that have high Igbo population like festac,satellite and the environs.

eyinjuege:
Some oyibo, non yoruba rev fathers already cast enough slurs on the catholic church with their pedophilic homosexual activities.
Nothing could be worse.
Remove the log first before you bother with the speck.

Maybe some of those Oyinbo priests and even their black black counterparts do the pedophilic acts because they are celibates as they are unable to employ their vows in defeating the desires of the flesh. There is the part of an individual that always reminds one of his humanity and sometimes it occurs negatively. Catholic priests who engage in such acts must continue to use the exit door.

Then I must ask you, if Catholic priests who have no legitimate opportunity for sex are committing illicit sex because of their lack, what reason can your daddies and general overseas give for doing the same, given that they are all married?

ganja06:
To an extent I like the way yorubas are structutured, the are more libral than any other ethnic group in Nigeria. The have large number of muslims, Christain and traditional worshipers and yet hardly discriminate though when I was serving in one western state the Christains there complain of marginalization by the muslims. Even there different christain dorminations are some how balanced. But Igbos are mainly Catholic and conservative

how does this answer the OPs question