Why Cardinal Francis Arinze Matters in the Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda, Part 3

By Nchumbonga George Lekelefac Cardinal Arinze: Teacher and Formator to future Cardinal Tumi and Bishop Lysinge From 1961 to 1962, Father Dr. Arinze was professor of liturgy, logic, and basic philosophy at Bigard Memorial Seminary. It is worth noting that the then Fr. Dr. Arinze was the first ever black and only African ingenuous formator at Bigard. The rest of the members of staff were Irish. The then Father Dr. Arinze taught parts of philosophy and logic and liturgy in Bigard Memorial Seminary in 1961 and 1962. Fascinatingly in 1961, Cardinal Arinze taught the then seminarian Francis Lysinge and the…