Godson Chinyere Echefu was the Anglican Bishop of Ideato in Owerri Province of the

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from 1999 until his retirement in 2004. Echefu was born in

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on 25 March 1934. He attended Okongwu Memorial Grammar School,

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, followed by St. Paul's College, Awka until 1958. He was at Trinity Union Theological College, Umuahia from 1962 until 1964, and ordained priest in 1965. Assisted by the second

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, Benjamin C. I Nwankiti, Echefu went to Crowther Hall, Birmingham, England in 1983 to undertake an advanced course in Theology. He was consecrated the first Bishop of Ideato at Christ Church, Uwari,

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, on 11 July 1999 by Abiodun Adetiloye, Primate of the Church of Nigeria. He retired as bishop in 2004, and was succeeded by

Caleb Anny Maduoma Caleb Anny Maduoma (22 September 1950 – 29 April 2021) was an Anglican bishop in Nigeria. Maduoma was the Bishop of Ideato and archbishop of the Province of Owerri until his retirement in late 2020. He was consecrated as Bishop of Ideato o ...

. Echefu died in hospital in November 2020.

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