Location
Official nameOur Lady of the Angels - Cistercian Monastery Nsugbe
Number100
Contact Information
Telephone[234] 80 33 35 98 34
Community emailnsugbemonastery2018@yahoo.com
SuperiorDom Marius Okoye, Abbot 2023-2029
Other Information
Juridical statusAbbey
DioceseDioecesis Onitshanensis (Onitsha)
OCSO regionRAFMA
OriginsAfter having been a pre-foundation of Bamenda for a long time, Nsugbe was recognized as a foundation, with a novitiate, on 1 September 2000 by the Abbot General and his Council. The community was approved as a simple priory by the General Chapter of 2005, and was erected as a simple priory on 10 January 2006.
History
- Simple priory by the General Chapter of 2005, and was erected as a simple priory on 10 January 2006; The General Chapter 2022, 2nd part, approved the erection of rank to the abbey (Vote 51); Erection as an Abbey on 15 January 2023;
Father immediateBamenda (until 2017); Bamenda/ *Delegate of Father Immediate *: Mistassini (2018-2022); Bamenda/ Delegate of Father Immediate Dom Clément Charbonneau of Mistassini (since 2022-04/05/2023); Bamenda (05/07/2023)
Past superiors
- Brother Marius Okoye, Superior 2000-2002
- Father Stephen Wara-Angu, Superior 2002-2006
- Father Marius Okoye, Superior 19/01/2006 – 01/02/2007
- Father Bonaventure Ogbona, Superior 01/02/2007 – 12/01/2009
- Raphael Ndubuese, Prior 2009-2011
- Benedict OKAKPU, Sup. ad nutum 2016 – 14/01/2023
Work/incomeCandle-making, Gift Shop, Poultry and Farm work
Guest facilities12 individual rooms, 2 halls with beds accommodating about 25 young people, 1 kitchen and 2 refectories.
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