Samuel Nkemena, OBE was an

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in the 20th century. Nkemena was educated at St Paul's College, Awka and

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in 1931. He was a parish priest from then until his appointment as

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of Aba in 1949. In 1955 he became

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; and also that year an Assistant Bishop to the Bishop on the Niger. He retired in 1961. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1967/8 p910: London, OUP, 1967

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