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Archive Home > 2007 > June > 03 > On a mission in Madras

On a mission in Madras

Nigerian among a growing number of foreign-born priests in Oregon

By Nancy Pasternack / The Bulletin
June 3, 2007

MADRAS - It was a big day politically in his native Nigeria, and Father Gregory Okorobia, 56, spent the lunch hour Thursday reading newspapers, via the Internet.

The pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Madras once fought in a civil war against outgoing president Olusegun Obasanjo, but he....

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