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The initiative to start a center for research and learning on Bernard Lonergan in Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu, Nigeria began with the proposal by Rev. Fr. Dr Humphrey Uchenna Ani to the seminary on the need to have a center for research and studies on Lonergan. Lonergan is one of the most comprehensive thinkers in the contemporary era, whose ideas have spread across Theology, Philosophy, Education, History, Economics and Humanities at large. Fr. Ani made the proposal for the Lonergan center to the Rector and the Education Board of the Bigard seminary headed by the Bishop of Enugu diocese, Most Rev. Callistus V. Onaga on 5th May, 2022.

Objectives of the Center

Among the principal objectives of the Center include