Onitsha(Anambra) – More than 50 bishops as well as 1,000 priests will witness the funeral of  late Archbishop Albert Obiefuna, the former President of  the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria CBCN.

Rev. George Adimike, the Personal Assistant to the Archbishop of  Onitsha Catholic Archdiocese, Valerian Okeke, said this in an interview with newsmen, weekend, in Onitsha, Anambra.

Obiefuna, 81, a  retired Archbishop of  Onitsha Catholic Archdiocese, would be buried on June 21 at the Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, Onitsha.

Adimike said arrangements for the  hosting  of  the clerics  and  other  dignitaries  had reached advanced stage.