What we celebrate today as the Catholic Diocese of Wukari, is the coming to fruition of consistent missionary activities pioneered by the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Congregatio Sancti Spiritus- CSSp) Fathers otherwise known as the Spiritans or Holy Ghost Fathers for over a century ago, precisely in 1902. 

Considering the teething challenges of the early beginning, it was indeed a bold decision by the French missionaries to plant the seed of the faith not just on the Southern part of Nigeria but also across the Benue valley and it’s environs.