Christopher Shaman Abba

Christopher Shaman Abba ( born December 20, 1935 in Mabushi, Kaduna, Nigeria, † January 9, 2010 in Yola, Adamawa, Nigeria ) was Roman Catholic Bishop of Yola.

Life

Christopher Shaman Abba, son of a Nigerian peasant family, received on 16 December 1966, the ordination. He graduated in 1972 doctoral studies in systematic theology at St. Mary 's Seminary and University in Baltimore, the oldest seminary of the United States. He was in the 169 - year history of the first student, who was appointed bishop.

Pope Paul VI. appointed him in 1973 for the first Bishop of Minna. He received his episcopal consecration Peter Yariyok Jatau, Koadjutorerzbischof of Kaduna; Co-consecrators were Alexius Obabu Makozi, Bishop of Lokoja, and Felix Alaba Job Adeosin, Bishop of Ibadan. 1996, Pope John Paul II him bishop of Yola. He died in office.