Ikechi Nwachukwu Nwosu was an

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: he was Bishop of Umahia, one of nine dioceses within the

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, itself one of 14

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within the

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: He retired in 2019, having been bishop for sixteen years and Archbishop of Aba. He was appointed Archbishop of Aba Province in 2011. Nwosu was born in

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on 24 November 1949. Nwosu gained his Dip. Th. at

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in 1978, followed by Cert. Th. from

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in 1980, B.D. from the

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in 1983, M.A. in New Testament at the

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in 1988, and Ph.D. from

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, Cambridge in 1995. He was ordained in 1978, became a

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in 1987; and an

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in 1994. He has been Rector of Trinity Theological College, Umuahia and was Director of the Ibru Centre, Agbarha-Otor in Ughelli, Delta State from 1999 until 2003, when he became Bishop of Umuahia. He took office as Dean of the Church of Nigeria (remaining bishop and archbishop) on 24 July 2016 at Archbishop Vinning Memorial Cathedral,

Ikeja Ikeja is the List of capitals of states of Nigeria, capital city of Lagos State in southwestern Nigeria. Its population, as of the 2006 census, is 313,196. Prior to the emergence of military rule in the early 1980s, Ikeja was a well planned, cl ...

.Church of Nigeria — elects 3 new bishops, new dean and 2 archbishops.
(Accessed 28 August 2021)

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1949 births People from Imo State Trinity Theological College, Umuahia alumni University of Nigeria alumni Anglican bishops of Umuahia 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria Living people Anglican archbishops of Aba Church of Nigeria archdeacons Alumni of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford Alumni of the University of London Alumni of Ridley Hall, Cambridge {{Nigeria-Anglican-bishop-stub