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David Ajang (born 1970 in
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) is a Nigerian
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of the
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who serves as bishop of the
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. He was appointed bishop in 2021.


Biography

Born in 1970, from 1982 David Ajang attended the Saint John Vianney Minor Seminary in Barkin Ladi, and from 1987 to 1990 he studied philosophy at Saint Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary in Makurdi and from 1990 to 1994 Catholic theology at Saint Augustine's Major Seminary in Jos. On December 3, 1994, he was ordained priest. In the last years, he has been chaplain to the governor of the state of Plateau since 2015 and the parish priest of the Immaculate Conception parish and the dean of Zaramaganda deanery since 2018. On March 31, 2021,
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appointed him Bishop of Lafia. He was ordained bishop on following June 24 at St. William's Cathedral in Lafia nassarawa state.


References

1970 births Nigerian Roman Catholic bishops People from Zaria Roman Catholic bishops of Lafia Living people {{Africa-RC-bishop-stub