Advertisement

Makeni Diocese

Bishop Bob John Koroma, ordained Bishop on May 13, 2023. Credit: Fr. Peter Konteh

“Let’s learn from our past mistakes”: Catholic Bishop in Sierra Leone on Need for Unity

May 15, 2023

The new Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Makeni in Sierra Leone has called on the people of God under his pastoral care to embrace unity, and to shun “the spirit of divisiveness”, which he said had made them wait for a Local Ordinary for many years.

Archbishop Walter Erbì (left), Apostolic Nuncio in Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia and Bishop Bob John Hassan Koroma (right),  the new Local Ordinary of Makeni Diocese in Sierra Leone. Credit: Makeni Diocese

Catholic Bishops Called to Service, Not to “honor”: Nuncio in Sierra Leone at Consecration

May 15, 2023

The representative of the Holy Father in Sierra Leone has advised the new Bishop of the country’s Catholic Diocese of Makeni to view his Episcopal consecration as a humble service to the people of God and not a call to “honor.” 

The Apostolic Administrator of Makeni Diocese in Sierra Leone, Bishop Natale Paganelli.

To Fight COVID-19 in Africa, “stop the great virus of corruption”: Bishop in Sierra Leone

Aug 21, 2020

A Prelate in Sierra Leone has, in a reflection about COVID-19 in Africa, identified the “virus of corruption” as a major stumbling block in the fight against the pandemic on the continent.

Bishop Natale Paganelli, Apostolic Administrator of Makeni Diocese in Sierra Leone.

Prelate in Sierra Leone Condemns Unrest that Killed Five, Urges Focus on COVID-19 Fight

Jul 27, 2020

The Apostolic Administrator of Makeni Diocese in Sierra Leone, Bishop Natale Paganelli, has condemned a recent attack in a town in the west African country that left at least five people dead and several others injured.