Ikechi Nwachukwu Nwosu was an

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: he was Bishop of Umahia, one of nine dioceses within the Anglican Province of Aba, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria: He retired in 2019, having been bishop for sixteen years and Archbishop of Aba. He was appointed Archbishop of Aba Province in 2011. Nwosu was born in Ihiagwa on 24 November 1949. Nwosu gained his Dip. Th. at

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in 1978, followed by Cert. Th. from

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in 1980, B.D. from the

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in 1983, M.A. in New Testament at the

University of Nigeria The University of Nigeria, commonly referred to as UNN, is a federal university located in Nsukka, Enugu State, Eastern part of Nigeria. Founded by Nnamdi Azikiwe in 1955 and formally opened on 7 October 1960, the University of Nigeria has thr ...

in 1988, and Ph.D. from

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, Cambridge in 1995. He was ordained in 1978, became a Canon in 1987; and an

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in 1994. He has been Rector of Trinity Theological College, Umuahia and was Director of the Ibru Centre, Agbarha-Otor in Ughelli, Delta State from 1999 until 2003, when he became Bishop of Umuahia. He took office as Dean of the Church of Nigeria (remaining bishop and archbishop) on 24 July 2016 at Archbishop Vinning Memorial Cathedral,

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.Church of Nigeria — elects 3 new bishops, new dean and 2 archbishops.
(Accessed 28 August 2021)

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