JORAS - Nigerian Journal of Religion and Society

I Catholic Church Directory for Nigeria that I developed a mighty curiosity about him. He was mentioned as the first missionary in faraway Sokoto Diocese, even though he seemed to have been stationed in Lokoja -- and even further south, in Agenebode, on the Niger north of Asaba. Nothing had been written about him, however, and it took time to fill in the missing pieces. As a result, I had a partial and rose-tinted image of this man, whom I admired greatly as a model pioneer missionary. It came therefore as a distinct shock to read the full unabridged story of Berengario Cermenati, as put together by Fr Edmund Hogan SMA.

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