Isaac Nwaobia is an

Anglican Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the ...

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Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

: he is the current Archbishop of Aba and Bishop of Isiala-Ngwa South one of nine within the

Anglican Province of Aba The Anglican Province of Aba is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the Church of Nigeria. It comprises 9 dioceses: *Anglican Diocese of Aba, Aba (Christian Ugwuzor) *Anglican Diocese of Aba Ngwa North, Aba Ngwa North (Nathan Kanu) *Anglica ...

, itself one of 14

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within the

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. Nwaobia was born in

Isiala Ngwa South Isiala-Ngwa South is a Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Omoba. Omoba is a railway town located 22 kilometres away from Aba city centre. After coal was discovered at Udi, the Eastern Railway with st ...

on 10 November 1962 and educated at Anglican Grammar School, Mbawsi;

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; the

University of Calabar The University of Calabar is a federal university situated in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. It is one of Nigeria's second-generation federal universities. The University of Calabar was a campus of the University of Nigeria until 1975. ...

; and the

University of Ibadan The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public university located in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Initially founded as the University College Ibadan in 1948, it maintained its affiliation with the University of London. In 1962, it became an independe ...

. He was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...

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in 1988;

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in 1989; and

in 2007; and archbishop in 2019.

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1962 births People from Abia State Living people Anglican bishops of Isiala-Ngwa South 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria Trinity Theological College, Umuahia alumni University of Calabar alumni University of Ibadan alumni Anglican archbishops of Aba {{Nigeria-Anglican-bishop-stub