In a particular month in 1965, I can’t remember which month exactly now, two major events happened in our young lives for those of us who were in the Catholic Church owned and run St. Martin’s Primary School, Ikom, my hometown. The Headmaster, Mr. K.E. Bassey the burly, strict, cane loving Efik man announced at…
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Joseph Edra Ukpo, the Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Calabar, who passed away recently, will be buried in Calabar, Cross River State, on Thursday, March 23, 2023, a burial programme released by the Catholic Church indicates. The released burial programme signed by Rev. Fr. Charles Etim, Chairman of the Central Planning Committee, shows…
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Sources inside the Catholic Archdiocese of Calabar have confirmed to www.calitown.com, the passing on of Joseph Edra Ukpo, Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Calabar, Cross River State, after a brief illness. Born on June, 1937, in Okpoma, Yala LGA of CRS, the deceased was ordained a Catholic priest on April 25, 1965…
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