Paschal Okpaleke

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke teaches Catholic ecclesiology and ecumenism at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, a member of the research institute of Religions, Spiritualities, Cultures, Societies (RSCS), as well as the director of the Centre Vincent Lebbe (CVL), Université Catholique de Louvain.

He is a member of the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network (PACTPAN).

Prior to joining the UCLouvain, he was a visiting researcher at the Institute of Hermeneutics, University of Bonn, Germany.

He is the author of Ecumenical and Interreligious Identities in Nigeria: Transformation through Dialogue (Lexington Press, 2022), and The Making of a Synodal Church: A Primer on Co-participation in Existing Ecclesial Structures (Paulines, 2024).

III Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society, & Pastoral Life

Contact persons

Mons Jean Kousi (Chair, Local organizing committee); Tel: +225 07 92 77 93 email: jeanbonzo72@gmail.com

Bindré Roger DAYAMBA Email: dbindreroger@gmail.com Tel: ‪‪+226 65455451‬‬ (Organizing Secretary)

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