Donatus Edet Akpan (born 1952) is the current bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogoja The Diocese of Ogoja () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Calabar, yet still depends on the mission ...

. Akpan was born in Ikat Ada Utor. This is within the area covered by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ikot Ekpene. He studied at Queen of Angels Minor Seminary and then at Bigard Memorial Seminary of

Enugu Enugu () verbally pronounced as "Enụgwụ" by the Igbo indigenes is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north by the states of Benue and Kogi, Ebonyi State to the east and southeast, Abia State to the so ...

and St. Joseph Major Seminary also in Enugu. He was ordained a priest in October 1985. He went on to do advanced studies in biblical theology at the

University of Nigeria, Nsukka A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...

. Much of his ministry before he was made a bishop was as a priest and rector in the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Abuja in Nigeria. History * 8 November 1981: Established as Mission '' sui iuris'' of Abuja from the Diocese of Minna * 19 June 1989: Promot ...

. He was made appointed bishop of Ogoja in April 2017 and ordained as such in July.

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Announcement of Akpan's appointment as a bishop
1952 births Living people 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Nigeria Roman Catholic bishops of Ogoja {{Africa-RC-bishop-stub