Rev. Fr. Polycarp Lubo, the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Plateau State is dead.
News filtered in that the priest gave up the ghost early on Sunday at a hospital in Jos where he was receiving medical attention for a brief illness following an accident last week.
A condolence statement signed by the Archdiocesan Chancellor of the Catholic Archdiocese of Jos, Daniel Gyang confirmed the demise of the priest.
The statement titled, “Obituary Announcement” expressed condolences to Lubo’s immediate family, CAN Plateau State Chapter, and the religious community, Catholic priests and other religious leaders.
It 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.
