A newly established parish in Texas is the first Ghanaian national Catholic parish in the United States and is the first in the world to be named after a man who was martyred by ISIS in 2015.
“It is with profound gratitude to Almighty God and with great joy that I announce the establishment of Saint Matthew Ayariga Catholic Church in Arlington as the newest parish of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth,” said an August 28 letter from Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas.
This parish, said Olson, is “especially significant” given its patron and the community it serves.
