In the News ... "Ochiabuto relishes religious work"

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• Nigeria native overcomes language barriers

By Bob Campbell, Reporter
Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - As one of the nine African-born priests working in the San Angelo Diocese, Father Isidore Ochiabuto assumed a heavy workload as associate pastor of the Catholic churches of South Odessa, but that hasn’t diminished his enjoyment since he arrived here 14 months ago.

While not yet fully conversant in Spanish, the Rev. Ochiabuto is fluent in his reading and writing of the language and reads some of his homilies, or sermons, in it at St. Joseph’s and St. Anthony’s Catholic churches and St. Martin de Porres’ Mission, which have predominately Hispanic attendance ...

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