Tiyamiyu
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I believe with the edits and improvements JamesBWatson could remove the notice or add his improvements please, thanks Tiyamiyu (talk) 08:10, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
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Ogun State
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Your reference
editIn preserving History, oral tradition which has a 90% verifiability is accepted as a norm and made into notes for publication. As an African I appreciate the expertise of traditional institutions and the need to preserve culture. I would advise that you investigate and verify from the history available either written or unwritten before you remove edits. Sometimes your yardstick might not be same as in for others. Tiyamiyu (talk) 09:03, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
Mount Carmel Parish
editBRIEF HISTORY OF MOUNT CARMEL MOTHER PARISH CHURCH EMEKUKU OWERRI As the Catholic Church came to Igbo land about the year 1885 and settled in Onitsha at the location where Obi Anazonwu the then Obi of Onitsha allocated to the early missionaries to start up their evangelization. From there, the next seat and place of Catholicism was established was at EMEKUKU in Owerri province hence the name “Ala-Nso”. The pioneer French missionaries of Holy Ghost congregation comprised of three missionaries led by Rev. Fr. John Feral. They stayed temporarily at Ulakwo in the present Owerri North LGA, pending when they would secure a permanent base as they were not really comfortable at Ulakwo because the Ulakwo people did not appreciate their stay as they were consistently harassed with their belongings often carted away.
Photo shot of First early missionaries that came to Igbo Land (Onitsha) Eze Obi Ejeshi Ajoku Abuba of Emekuku got to know about their plights and became anxious to see them with a view of asking them to relocate to Emekuku. He invited them over to his palace and they accepted Obi Ejeshi’s invitation and later paid him a visit at Emekuku. As the early missionaries came to his house, Obi Ejeshi Abuba and Emekuku people received them with open arms. During his address to the white missionaries, he disclosed to them that he is the king of this place and all its environs and spoke to them in pidgin English as he was fairly educated because he had served the white men during the time he was sold out in slave trade.
.With regards to numerical strength, He said to the white missionaries “Agbala small, Uratta big, Emekuku plenty and Obi Ejeshi qandum”. Qandum in his own interpretation means (I rule and own them all) and the missionaries laughed over it and were highly impressed with his reception and explanations. He promised to accommodate, protect and take good care of them if they will relocate to Emekuku. They left after few days of stay with Obi Ejeshi and eventually left Ulakwo permanently and came back to settle finally in Emekuku as desired by the paramount king. They initially settled as a Catholic mission station under the Onitsha ecclesiastical province and gave them maximum security, protection and enormous free land mass for residence and church activities. Eze Obi Ejeshi Abuba erected four mud houses for them at a place called Uhu Fada at Ezedibia Emekuku.
On 16th July 1912, Emekuku Church station officially took off as a parish and was named MOUNT CARMEL CATHOLIC CHURCH EMEKUKU and it became the very first out post parish under Onitsha in the former Eastern Region of Nigeria. The missionaries being close to Eze Obi Ejeshi out of familiarity started preaching the Christian Catholic doctrines to him and frowned at his having numerous wives and encouraged him to dismiss all and wed with one in the church in Holy matrimony. Eze Obi Ejeshi got uncomfortable with that and told the missionaries that it is high time they relocate to another site around Ezedibia that is quite distant from his palace so that they will stop bothering him about his personal affairs. At the completion of the Untarred Ama Douglas which runs from Owerri passing through Emekuku to Umuahia which happens to be the first wide road around our area, the missionaries relocated to the permanent site where the church is currently situated.
Eze Obiejeshi Abuba (Obi 1 Of Emekuku) Obi Ejeshi Abuba as a powerful and fearful traditional ruler directed all Emekuku people to patronize the Catholic Church and quit attending CMS church (Anglican) at Egbu, which have already been in existence before the arrival of the Catholic missionaries. His instructions were unhesitatingly complied with as defaulters were ruthlessly dealt with.
From their permanent base at Emekuku, Rev. Fr. Feral and his team started visiting places, establishing church stations at places like Ngor Okpala, Agbala, Naze, Umuawuka, Emii and Mbaise to mention but a few as they embarked on conversion of pagans to Catholic Christian Faith. Some of his pioneer catechists recruited for the evangelism included Messrs Joseph Obi of Umuoma Nekede, John Chiaka Opara from Umuawuka Emii, Pius Amanze Oparaocha of Akalovo Emekuku and Francis Okunammiri from Nnewi Anambra State.
As the missionary team had consolidated well, spreading to Rivers State with Mr. Joseph Modebe from the headquarter Church – Onitsha going to open up a church station at Port Harcourt which became one of the out stations of Emekuku parish. It also spread to several parts of Imo and Abia States. Rev. Fr. Joseph Shanahan later became the first Catholic Bishop in Igbo land residing at Onitsha. He made the Vatican ecclesiastical authorities to know about the marvelous works and progress being made in Emekuku parish as he was paying regular visits to Emekuku.
Rev. Fr. Feral, having stayed briefly at Emekuku Church, left in 1913 and was replaced with Rev. Fr. Deboh also a French priest. He did not stay long due to ill health. It was after his return that the English speaking priests from Ireland now took over Emekuku Church. This arrangement was believed to have been made to avoid friction with British colonial administration at Owerri.
The first Irish priest to head Emekuku church was Rev. Fr. Daniel Walsh a truly devoted hard working priest. Shortly after his arrival at Emekuku, Irish Holy Rosary Sisters followed him behind as to complement evangelism with education and health care delivery. The Rev. Sisters came in good numbers and started working by building and started the first school at Emekuku which they named Holy Rosary Girls School Emekuku in 1929 and subsequently oversaw to the building of Holy Rosary Catholic Hospital Emekuku in 1932, which was commissioned by the then British District Officer (D.O) at Owerri under the administration of the British.
They consequently built the first Women Teacher Training college known as Mount Carmel T.T.C Emekuku in 1942 which was the first women Teacher Training College in Eastern Region. The Rev. Sisters made girls to start schooling as their illiterate parents abhorred training of girls in Western education since they were only seen as candidates for marriage.
As Rev. Fr. Joseph Shanahan came to Nigeria as a priest and was later consecrated Bishop at Ireland, he returned back to Nigeria and became the first Bishop and first Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria. He later retired and handed over to the Irish born Bishop Charles Heerey, whose episcopate lasted for forty years in Nigeria as it ended in 1967. It was during his episcopacy that Mount Carmel Catholic Church Emekuku (Mother Parish) applied to the Vatican for it to be raised to the status of diocese which was approved in 1948 but officially took off in 1950 with Fr. Joseph Brendan of Owerri diocese with headquarters at Owerri.
Emekuku Church applied to be raised to a status of Diocese with the intention of making Emekuku parish the Diocesan Headquarters but Bishop Charles Heerey who later became an Archbishop did not approve it because he was infuriated as he was not consulted and the application was not routed through him. He felt that Emekuku people writing directly to Vatican is a neglect of his office.
The spot where the first missionaries had their first contact with their intended converts (Along Ezedibia - Umuodu Awaka track road) while they were still temporarily based at Ulakwo Emekuku also had earlier on written a petition to Vatican against Charles Heerey for posting out Rev. Fr. Daniel Walsh who worked in Emekuku and became very dear to Emekuku people. All these were suspected to have facilitated his not approving the Mother Parish to be raised to the status of Diocese. Being the Vatican’s eyes, he was to recommend the location where Owerri Diocese should be cited hence he choose to make use of the vast uncultivated bush which faces the Onisha road and subsequently Diocese of Owerri came alive and took off. The blocks for the building of Holy Ghost College which was supposed to be built in Emekuku was evacuated to Owerri under the instructions of Bishop Charles Heerey.
As the popular saying “Soja go! Soja come, barracks remain” few priests came and went before the posting of our dear Rev. Fr. P.P Cloonan who was dearly loved by all as he went beyond boundaries to work for Emekuku with passion. He was a friend to all including pagans as he was found in natives houses on visitations and subsequently understood and spoke Igbo quite very well. He lived at Emekuku for thirty five years and willed that his remains should be interred in Emekuku if he dies as he adopted Emekuku as his home.
He didn’t only oversaw to the building of the present architectural edifice of Mount Carmel Catholic Church Emekuku from foundation to completion, he also worked hard to see that so many pagans were converted to Catholic faith as he visited and even dinned with them. His will to be buried in Emekuku never worked out as he was among the numerous missionaries including his elder sister Rev. Sister Cloonan who was working in Onitsha, that were repatriated by the Nigerian Government who ordered the repatriation of all expatriates after Nigerian-Biafra War in 1970. They were all gathered in Hotel Presidential in Port-Harcourt Rivers state under the orders of Gen. Yakubu Gowon who accused them of aiding the Biafra rebels during the period of war and from there, they were taken straight to Airport and taken back to their countries.
After the repatriation of the foreign missionaries, the Era of indigenous priests at Emekuku set in. As the civil war officially ended in Jan 1970 and the exit of Rev. Fr. P.P Cloonan, young Rev. Fr. Aloysius Obi (Late) from Ezeogba Emekuku and a Holy Ghost congregation priest became the parish priest of Mount Carmel parish Emekuku. He served and left as he was replaced by Rev. Fr. Basil Maduike native of Orlu. It was during his tenure on 20th September 1970 that Monsignor Mark Unuegbu a native of Arondizuuogu was consecrated the second Bishop of Owerri Diocese and Fr. Maduike later left Emekuku to become the Bishop’s secretary.
Fr. Maduike was replaced by Rev. Fr. Victor Chikwe (late) a native of Ezinihitte Mbaise and he was coordinating the vast Emekuku parish which by then has given birth to thirty Catholic mission stations. Having piloted affairs as the Parish Priest of the Mother parish with lots of innovations for three years before he was posted to Bigard Memorial Seminary Enugu as Bursar of the institution and from there, he went for further studies oversees where he obtained his Doctorate degree. On his return from oversees, he was consecrated in Emekuku as the Bishop elect of Ahiara Diocese. Emekuku Parish was taken over by Monsignor Clement Chigbu from Okpala who was the principal of Teacher Training College Azaraegbelu Emekuku. On his exit, he was succeeded by Monsignor Jacob Ibekwe (late), a native of Mbaise.
He was succeeded by Rev. Fr. Justin Onyenamegam who was succeeded by Rev. Fr. Julius Megwa a native of Ngor Okpala and later succeeded by Rev. Fr. Ibole a native of Mbaise who served and left. After then came Rev. Fr. Dr. Anthony Eke who during his time the centenary was celebrated on 16th July 2012. He was succeeded by the current Parish priest Rev. Fr. Dr. Alex Okoro a native of Ngor Okpala who resumed as the Parish priest on Ash Wednessday morning on 13th February 2013 and oversaw to giving the Mother Parish a new modern face lift which it currently wears under the sponsorship of Capt. Emmanuel Ihennacho a former Minister of interior, a native of Ezeogba Emekuku and a giant in the Maritime and Oil industry, after which the Church was Dedicated by Archbishop A.J.V Obinna a native of Emekuku and the current Chief Shepherd of Owerri Archdiocese.
Credits to Nze OSUJI VINCENT ANUKAM (Snr Citizen) Nze Enyeribenyem I of Emekuku
PAST AND PRESENT PARISH PRIEST OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL PARISH EMEKUKU FR. FERAL ................................................................ 1912-1913 FR. DEBOH ............................................................... 1913 FR. DANIEL WALSH.................................................. 1913-1923 FR. THADEUS J. O CONNOR .................................. 1924-1929 FR. J. BROWN .......................................................... 1930 FR. T. FOX ................................................................ 1930-1932 FR. FOREMAN ......................................................... 1933 FR. J. MECHAN ........................................................ 1933 FR. DANIEL WASH ................................................... 1934-1936 FR. PP CLOONAN .................................................... 1936-1969 FR. ALOYSIUS OBI ................................................... 1969-1970 FR. BASIL MADUIKE ................................................ 1970 FR. VICTOR CHIKWE ............................................... 1970-1973 FR. CLEMENT CHIGBU ............................................ 1973-1975 FR. JUSTIN ONYENEMEGAM .................................. 1976-1979 FR. VICTOR CHIKWE .............................................. 1980-1987 FR. CYRIL AKALONU ................................................ 1988-1989 FR. LONGINUS ETOH ............................................... 1989-1993 FR. JULIUS MMEGWA ............................................... 1993-1997 FR. PATRICK IBOLE ................................................... 1998-2003 FR. ANTHONY EKE .................................................... 2003-2012 FR. ALEXANDER OKORO .......................................... 2013 Tiyamiyu (talk) 20:03, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
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