Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe (born 1965) is a Nigerian

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of the Catholic Church, serving as bishop of the Diocese of Makurdi. He was appointed

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of Makurdi in 2014, and succeeded to the office of bishop in 2015. Anagbe has performed the following duties in his priestly career: * 1994–1998: Director of Vocations of the

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PP. in Nigeria * 1996–1998: School manager, Claretian School Board * 1998–2000: Parish priest of St. Peter's Parish, Gariki, Diocese of Enugu * 2000–2004: Farm Manager, Claretian Farm Project, Utonkon * 2003–2004: Parish Priest of St. Fidelis Parish, Allan, and Dean of Utonkon of the Diocese of Otukpo * 2004–2005: Theology course at the

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(interrupted when he was elected Provincial Bursar) * 2005–2015: Provincial Bursar of the Claretians in Nigeria * 2008–2013: Member of the Economic Council of the Claretian Generalate in Rome * 2009–2012: Military Chaplain of the 34th Artillery Brigade,

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* 2013–2015: Military Chaplain 3rd Battalion Effurun Barracks,

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Persecution of Christians

In July 2022 Anagbe told

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that over 60 Christians had been killed in

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in the past two months. In a speech in the

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in October 2022, Anagbe compared the situation of Christians in his country to "nothing short of a Jihad clothed in many names: terrorism, kidnappings, killer herdsmen, banditry, other militia groups" and called on the international community to abandon what he termed a "conspiracy of silence" on the subject.

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