Brother John Nwanze, O.P., was born in Lagos in 1946 and grew up under the tutelage of Dominicans. He was among the early altar servers the first American Dominicans that arrived Nigeria groomed in the 1950s. He started his seminary studies in St. John Vianney Seminary, Jos, in Northern Nigeria, however, the outbreak of the Nigeria-Biafra civil war forced him…
The friars of the Province of St Joseph the Worker, Nigeria and Ghana began their 5th Provincial Chapter on the 3rd of September 2013. The capitulars have re-elected fr Charles Emeka…
From August 07 to 19, 2019, the Dominican friars of the Provincial Vicariate of Rwanda and Burundi met in Rwanda where they celebrated various happy events together. On August 07 2019, in the convent of St. Dominic of Kigali, during the 6pm Mass with vespers, six young people including two Rwandans, two Burundians and two brothers from the Provincial Vicariate…
Un nouveau prieur provincial pour la Province saint Augustin en Afrique de l’Ouest The Master of the Order, fr. Gérard Francisco TIMONER III, O.P. confirmed the election of fr. Bertrand Claude AKPAGBE, OP as the new Provincial of the Province of Saint Augustine in West Africa (September 7, 2019). Fr. Bertrand Claude accepted the election on September 8, 2019. The…
Rome, January 23, 2020 The Vice Province of Southern Africa is celebrating their vice provincial chapter presently. They elected a new Vice Provincial, Brother Myke Mwale, OP, and the Master of the Order, Brother Gerard Francisco Timoner, III, has confirmed the election (22/01/2020). Brother Myke made his first profession on September 8, 2009, and solemn profession on January 28, 2014.…
