Uju Otoukwesiri Wachukwu Obinya // ⓘ was an Anglican bishop[1] in Nigeria:[2] he was Bishop of Ukwa, one of nine dioceses[3] within the Anglican Province of Aba,[4] itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria.[5]

Obinyapronunciationⓘ was born in 1934 and educated at Trinity Theological College, Umuahia. He was ordained deacon in 1964 and priest in 1965.[6] A former Canon[7] and Archdeacon,[8] he was bishop from 1994 to 2005.[9]

Obinya was consecrated as the pioneer Bishop of Ukwa on 16 January 1994 at St. Michael's Cathedral Aba,[10] a post from which he retired in 2004.[11]

Notes

  1. ↑ CDA
  2. ↑ Edusko
  3. ↑ Vanguard, Nigeria
  4. ↑ Church of Nigeria, Province of Aba
  5. ↑ Today Nigeria
  6. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980–82 p 754 London, OUP, 1983 ISBN 0-19-200010-1
  7. ↑ Law Care Nigeria
  8. ↑ St Bridget's School
  9. ↑ World Anglican
  10. ↑ "First Session of the 1st Synod" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS/BISHOP'S CHARGE DELIVERED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FOURTH SYNOD – DIOCESE OF NSUKKA, ON MONDAY 8 NO". webcache.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 2021-03-18.


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