Donatus Edet Akpan (born 1952) is the current bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogoja The Diocese of Ogoja ( la, Ogogiaën(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Calabar, yet still d ...

. Akpan was born in Ikat Ada Utor. This is within the area covered by the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ikot Ekpene The Diocese of Ikot Ekpene ( la, Ikotekpenen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church. Its episcopal see is Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. The Diocese of Ikot Ekpene is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesi ...

. He studied at Queen of Angels Minor Seminary and then at Bigard Memorial Seminary of

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and St. Joseph Major Seminary also in Enugu. He was ordained a priest in October 1985. He went on to do advanced studies in biblical theology at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Much of his ministry before he was made a bishop was as a priest and rector in the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Abuja in Nigeria. History * 8 November 1981: Established as Mission '' sui iuris'' of Abuja from the Diocese of Minna * 19 June 1989: Promote ...

. He was made appointed bishop of Ogoja in April 2017 and ordained as such in July.

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Announcement of Akpan's appointment as a bishop
1952 births Living people 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Nigeria Roman Catholic bishops of Ogoja {{Africa-RC-bishop-stub