Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi [SEP] place of death
Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi
Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi (born in Aguleri, Anambra State, Nigeria in September 1903 – died in Leicester, England, 20 January 1964) was an Igbo Nigerian ordained a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria on 19 December 1937. He worked in the parishes of Nnewi, Dunukofia, Akpu/Ajalli and Aguleri.
He was later a Trappist Monk at Mount Saint Bernard Monastery in England. After being recommended by Cardinal Francis Arinze, who was inspired by Tansi as
Most Holy Trinity Basilica in Onitsha. In 2010, Blessed Michael Cyprian Iwene Tansi was named a patron of Nigerian priests. Archbishop Most Rev. Valerian Okeke compared Father Tansi to St John Mary Vianney as a model of sanctity.
Veneration Institutions Named after Blessed Cyprian Iwene Tansi.
1. Blessed Iwene Tansi Major Seminary,Onitsha Anambra State Nigeria (Provincial Seminary)
2. Blessed Iwene Tansi Secondary School,Aguleri
3. Blessed Iwene Tansi Parish,Umudioka
4. Blessed Iwene Tansi Parish Awada- Onitsha
5. Blessed