Godwin Izundu Nmezinwa Okpala is an

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. Okpala was Bishop of Nnewi and Archbishop of the Niger Province from 2018, retiring from both posts in 2019. He was the first Bishop of Nnewi, consecrated in 1996 at the then All saints cathedral Abuja. He had previously been Archdeacon of Nnewi for Nnewi Diocese; he was elected at Sabongidda-Ora on 28 November 1995 for the Diocese of Nnewi, consecrated at the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Wuse,

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on 11 February 1996, and enthroned on 14 February 1996 at St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Uruagu Nnewi.ABS — Commentary: The Profile of the Third Archbishop of the Niger Province
(Abuchi Nwozor, 10 April 2018; accessed 9 August 2021)

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