Monday, August 13, 2012

In the News ... "Bishop ordains five Africans into priesthood"

By Sara Higgins
Reporter
Midland Reporter-Telegram

ZAMBIA, AFRICA - Bishop Michael Pfeifer already has sent his letter of resignation from San Angelo to Rome, but his pending retirement didn’t keep him from traveling halfway around the world to Africa last month.

Pfeifer spent a week in the country of Zambia, where he was invited to ordain five native Africans as priests in a celebration located in the community of Lusaka. Four were ordained into the international religious community to which Pfeifer belongs, which is called Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and one was ordained for the local church.

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