Location
Official nameHoly Cross Monastery
Number102
Contact Information
Telephone[234] 80 80 53 39 51
Telephone 2[234] 80 35 82 89 13
Community emailillahmonks@yahoo.com
SuperiorDom Augustine Bernard Okechukwu, Titular Prior 2022-2028
Other Information
Juridical statusSimple Priory
DioceseDiocesis Isseleukuanis (Issele Uku)
OCSO regionRAFMA
OriginsFounded by Fr. Abraham, who also founded Awhum. It existed for many years as a diocesan monastery. The General Chapter of 2005 approved its incorporation into the Order, which took place 20 February 2006.
Father immediateGenesee; Genesee / Delegate of Father Immediate from 2019 to 2020: Dom Armand Veilleux of Scourmont; Genesee
Lay associatesFr Ojefua Lay Cistercians
Past superiors
- Bruno — Superior — from the beginning until 2005
- Innocent UGYEH — Superior — 2005 – 2006
- Ogechukwu IBE — Prior — 2006 – 2012; Superior ad nutum 2012 – 2022
Incorporated2006
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