FATHER Ikeokwu Nduh MSP has been appointed Priest of St John Fisher Church, Wellington, and St Richard Wiveliscombe.

He is a Nigerian missionary priest of the Society of St Paul of Nigeria.

Father Ikeokwu has worked in parts of Africa and the United States of America and before his recent appointment as assistant priest at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Clifton, Bristol.

Fr Ikeokwu was welcomed to St John Fisher Church by chairman of the Parish Pastoral Council, Julia Tucker, having celebrated his first Mass.