Nsugbe
Location
Official Name Our Lady of the Angels - Cistercian Monastery Nsugbe
N° 100
Country Nigeria
City Onitsha
Address P.O. Box 6976
Contact Information
Telephone [234] 80 33 35 98 34
Community Email [email protected]
Superior Dom Marius Okoye, Abbot 2023-2029
Other Information
Juridical Status Abbey
Diocese Dioecesis Onitshanensis (Onitsha)
OCSO Region RAFMA
Founded/Restored 2000
Origins
After having been a pre-foundation of Bamenda for a long time, Nsugbe was recognized as a foundation, with a novitiate, on 1 September 2000 by the Abbot General and his Council. The community was approved as a simple priory by the General Chapter of 2005, and was erected as a simple priory on 10 January 2006.
History
Simple priory by the General Chapter of 2005, and was erected as a simple priory on 10 January 2006; The General Chapter 2022, 2nd part, approved the erection of rank to the abbey (Vote 51); Erection as an Abbey on 15 January 2023;
Father Immediate
Bamenda (until 2017); Bamenda/ Delegate of Father Immediate : Mistassini (2018-2022); Bamenda/ Delegate of Father Immediate Dom Clément Charbonneau of Mistassini (since 2022-04/05/2023); Bamenda (05/07/2023)
Past Superiors
Brother Marius Okoye, Superior 2000-2002
Father Stephen Wara-Angu, Superior 2002-2006
Father Marius Okoye, Superior 19/01/2006 – 01/02/2007
Father Bonaventure Ogbona, Superior 01/02/2007 – 12/01/2009
Raphael Ndubuese, Prior 2009-2011
Benedict OKAKPU, Sup. ad nutum 2016 – 14/01/2023
Work and Sources of Income
Candle-making, Gift Shop, Poultry and Farm work
Guest Facilities
12 individual rooms, 2 halls with beds accommodating about 25 young people, 1 kitchen and 2 refectories.
