Nathan Chinenye Okechukwu Kanu is an

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. He is the current Bishop of Aba Ngwa North, one of nine within the

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, itself one of 14

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within the

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. Kanu was born on 7 March 1966 in

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. He was educated at Mgboko Umuanunu School and

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. He was

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in 1995. He served at Eziukwu Aba and Amano in Abia State. He then continued his ministry in

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and

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. In 2007 Kanu was elected a Suffragan Bishop of the

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. In 2009 he was

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to Aba Ngwa North, after the death of the pioneer bishop John Ezirim. In 2022, after

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left the

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for the

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, Kanu was appointed interim coordinating bishop of CONNAM.

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Living people 1966 births People from Abia State Trinity Theological College, Umuahia alumni Anglican bishops of Aba Ngwa North 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria {{Nigeria-Anglican-bishop-stub