Israel Kelue Okoye is an

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

: he is the current Bishop of Ihiala, one of nine within the

Anglican Province of the Niger The Anglican Province of the Niger is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the Church of Nigeria. It comprises 9 dioceses: *Awka (Bishop: Alexander Ibezim) *Aguata (Bishop: Samuel Ezeofor) *Amichi (Bishop: Ephraim Ikeakor) *Ihiala (Bish ...

, itself one of 14

provinces A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

within the

Church of Nigeria The Church of Nigeria is the Anglicanism, Anglican Church body, church in Nigeria. It is the second-largest Province (Anglican), province in the Anglican Communion, as measured by baptised membership (not by attendance), after the Church of Englan ...

. He was consecrated as a bishop (to serve as Bishop of Ihiala) on 24 July 2016 at Archbishop Vining Memorial Cathedral in

Ikeja Ikeja is the capital city of Lagos State in southwestern Nigeria. Its population, as of the 2006 census, is 313,196. Prior to the emergence of military rule in the early 1980s, Ikeja was a well planned, clean and quiet residential and commercia ...

; prior to his election, he was serving as General Secretary of the Church of Nigeria.Church of Nigeria — elects 3 new bishops, new dean and 2 archbishops.
(Accessed 28 August 2021)

References

Living people Anglican bishops of Ihiala 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria Year of birth missing (living people) {{Nigeria-Anglican-bishop-stub