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Kenneth Iloabuchi]

The parish church of San Andrés de Murcia welcomed yesterday afternoon in the ordination of D.

Kenneth Iloabuchi, seminarian of the Diocese of Cartagena and Nigerian origin.

The celebration was presided by Archbishop John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja (Nigeria), accompanied by thirty priests.

The Bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena, Bishop Jose Manuel Lorca Planes, attended the celebration and the end of it said a few words to D.

Kenneth Iloabuchi who encouraged to lead a holy life keeping close to God through prayer, "a priest is a man of horizons open to God and neighbor, the Will of God is your north".

The Bishop of Cartagena went to the Archbishop of Abuja to ensure that the new priest "and is a brother in this presbytery, his seven years in the Seminary of San Fulgencio we have linked as members of one family and tour together towards Life that the Lord gives us. "

For his part, Archbishop John Cardinal Onaiyekan expressed his joy at being able to participate in this celebration and remarked that in this way he was doing the will of God: "Kenneth knows that he has not chosen God, but God has chosen him. His personal history is a wonderful demonstration of the goodness of God who chooses who want ".

The Archbishop of Abuja (Nigeria) thanked the Diocese of Cartagena the reception towards this young Nigerian and especially those priests who reached out.

"Today, Kenneth has become a member of the presbyterate of the Diocese of Cartagena. He is not an outsider, because he is one with the rest of the people of God in this Diocese."

Likewise, Cardinal Bishop Bishop of Cartagena thanked his invitation to chair this ordination, "he has reached out fraternally to the Church of Nigeria, through our brother Kenneth. I am sure that this gesture has occurred a bond of love and brotherhood between two churches that will be long lasting and produce abundant fruit. "

Dozens of Nigerians living in the region of Murcia offered to go with D.

Kenneth Iloabuchi yesterday afternoon, family and friends who celebrated the birth of a new priest in the Diocese of Cartagena.

Source: Obispado de Cartagena