The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Plateau State, Rev. Fr. Polycarp Lubo, has passed away.
Reports indicate that he died in the early hours of Sunday at an undisclosed hospital in Jos after a brief illness, which followed an accident he was involved in last week.
Multiple sources in Jos confirmed his passing to on Sunday.
His death was also officially acknowledged in a condolence message issued by Daniel Gyang, the Archdiocesan Chancellor of the Catholic Archdiocese of Jos.
Titled “Obituary Announcement,” the statement offered condolences to Rev. Fr. Lubo’s immediate family, the CAN leadership in Plateau State, as well as the wider religious community, including Catholic priests and other clergy.
The statement read, “On a sad note but with total submission to the will of God, we hereby announce the passing unto eternal glory of Very Rev. Fr. Dr. Polycarp Lubo, who passed on to eternal glory in the wee hours of the morning of Sunday 15th June, 2025.
“The Archbishop condoles with his immediate family, CAN Plateau State Chapter, the presbyterium of Jos, the parishioners of St. William’s Parish, Zawan where he was Parish Priest and Dean of Zawan Deanery, and indeed all the Religious and lay faithful of the Archdiocese.
“May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.”
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