The Anglican Diocese of Niger Delta North is one of 12 within the

Anglican Province of Niger Delta The Anglican Province of Niger Delta is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the Church of Nigeria. It comprises 13 dioceses. The Archbishop of the Anglican Province of Niger Delta and Bishop of Calabar is Tunde Adeleye. It has 13 dioceses ( ...

, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The current Archbishop of Niger Delta Province & Bishop of Niger Delta North is

Wisdom Budu Ihunwo Wisdom Budu Ihunwo (born 27 December 1976) is the Bishop of Niger Delta North in the Anglican Province of Niger Delta in the Church of Nigeria. He was consecrated as Bishop of Niger Delta North on 3 June 2018. Ihunwo is a graduate of the Uni ...

, who was consecrated a bishop on June 3, 2018, at All Saints' Cathedral,

Onitsha Onitsha ( or just ''Ọ̀nị̀chà'') is a city located on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Anambra State, Nigeria. A metropolitan city, Onitsha is known for its river port and as an economic hub for commerce, industry, and education. ...

. The diocese was inaugurated on May 16, 1996 (

Ascension Day The Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus Christ, also called Ascension Day, Ascension Thursday, or sometimes Holy Thursday, commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of Jesus into heaven. It is one of the ecumenical (i.e., shared by ...

) at St Paul's Cathedral, Diobu, Port Harcourt. The first bishop was

Samuel Onyuku Elenwo Samuel Onyuku Elenwo (7 December 1933 – 2008) was the Anglican Bishop of Niger Delta in Niger Delta Province of the Church of Nigeria. Elenwo was born on 7 December 1933 in Okporowo-Ogbakiri, where he went to primary school, followed by O ...

, who was translated from the Diocese of Niger Delta and retired on December 31, 1999. He was succeeded by

Ignatius Crosby Ogborun Kattey Ignatius Crosby Ogborun Kattey (born Alode, Rivers State, 23 August 1948) is a Nigerian Anglican archbishop. His father was Chief Amos Kattey of the Nchia Kingdom of Eleme, and a devout Christian. He is married to Beatrice Goa Kattey with seven ...

, who was elected in February 2000 and consecrated on June 4 at the Cathedral of the Transfiguration, Owerri; he was elected Archbishop of the Niger Delta Province on May 23, 2009, and presented on May 27; he retired effective August 23, 2018.

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Church of Nigeria dioceses Dioceses of the Province of Niger Delta {{Nigeria-stub