Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic
Archdiocese of Kaduna, Most. Rev. Peter
Yariyok Jatau, has died at the age of 89.
This was contained in a statement
released in Abuja, on Wednesday, by the
Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN).
The statement which was by the Director
of Social Communications, CSN, Rev. Fr.
Mike Nsikak Umoh, indicated that the
Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Kaduna,
Very Rev. Fr Daniel J. Kyom, said that the
Archbishop Emeritus, who was 57 years as
a priest and 48 years as a Bishop, died on
Wednesday, at St. Gerald’s Catholic
Hospital, Kaduna after a brief illness.
Archbishop Jatau was born on August 5th
1931 in Marsa Kaje in Zango Kataf Local
Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria.
He was ordained a Priest of Kaduna
Archdiocese on July 7, 1963 and ordained
a Bishop on November 5, 1972.