Last week, Nigerian church leaders met Francis to discuss the situation of Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke, appointed to Ahiara by then-Pope Benedict XVI in 2012. He has since then been rejected by most of the clergy and the laity, because he’s not from the diocese nor from the Mbaise people who dominate the area.
https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2017/06/14/online-campaign-tries-raise-doubts-popes-nigeria-edict/
That should have been settled before his appointment.
It seems unfair that the Nigerian has to surrender what was bestowed upon him because someone didn’t fully vet.
Sad that bureaucracy and protocol can get in the way even for the Pope.