Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo CSSP was ordained on 17th May, 1959 as the first bishop of the newly created Umuahia. Diocese The area was backward, undeveloped, with very few primary schools and fewer secondary schools. The area also was predominantly protestant. He was given the charge of running and developing the new diocese and he needed help. First of all, he came to realize that Bishop Shanahan had met a similar situation in Onitsha which he handled successfully by building Catholic Schools as tools of evangelization and development. He therefore borrowed the idea and started building schools, colleges, hospitals and orphanages. But the question was: who would run these institutions for him? He tried to get a Religious Congregation to come down from overseas to the newly created diocese to help but none was available. He then asked Propaganda Fidei to help him find such a Religious Congregation that could help him. Their reply was loud and clear: “why not start your own?” Initially, he thought it was going to be an impossible venture but as time went on, the idea began to crystallize in his mind. Read More