Uju Obinya
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]
Obinya 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[]
- ^ CDA
- ^ Edusko
- ^ Vanguard, Nigeria
- ^ Church of Nigeria, Province of Aba
- ^ Today Nigeria
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980–82 p 754 London, OUP, 1983 ISBN 0-19-200010-1
- ^ Law Care Nigeria
- ^ St Bridget's School
- ^ World Anglican
- ^ "First Session of the 1st Synod" (PDF).
- ^ "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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