Joseph Edra Ukpo (6 June 1937 – 1 March 2023) was a Nigerian Catholic prelate who was the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Calabar from his appointment in 2003, succeeding , until his retirement in 2013. He had previously been the first Nigerian-born and black African bishop of the Diocese of Ogoja, which is a

suffragan A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led ...

diocese of the Archdiocese of Calabar. Ukpo was born at Okpoma in the Cross River State. He was the brother of Nigerian military Brigadier General (Retired) Anthony Ukpo. Ukpo died on 1 March 2023, at the age of 85. He died from a brief illness in Calabar after serving as a priest for over 50 years. He Grace was ordained a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Ogoja on 25th April 1965. He was later appointed as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese on 24th April 1971 and on 1st March 1973, he was appointed as the substantive Bishop of the Diocese until he was appointed the Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Calabar on 17th December 2003.

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1937 births 2023 deaths People from Cross River State 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Nigeria 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Nigeria Bishops appointed by Pope Paul VI Roman Catholic archbishops of Calabar Roman Catholic bishops of Ogoja {{India-RC-archbishop-stub

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