Godwin Izundu Nmezinwa Okpala is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria.[1][2]

Okpala was Bishop of Nnewi and Archbishop of the Niger Province from 2018,[3] retiring from both posts in 2019.[4]

He was the first Bishop of Nnewi, consecrated in 1996 at the then All saints cathedral Abuja. [5][6] 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, Abuja on 11 February 1996, and enthroned on 14 February 1996[6] at St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Uruagu Nnewi.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Anglican Ink
  2. ↑ "The Rt Revd Godwin Izundu Nmezinwa Okpala on World Anglican Clerical Directory". World Anglican Clerical Directory. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  3. ↑ "election-of-bishops-and-archbishops-in-nigeria". anglican.ink. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  4. ↑ "Fides Nigeria".
  5. ↑ Diara, Benjamin C.D.; Christian, Nche George (2013-12-01). "Anglican Church and the Development of Pentecostalism in Igboland". Journal of Educational and Social Research. doi:10.5901/jesr.2013.v3n10p43. ISSN 2239-978X.
  6. 1 2 "PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE THIRD SESSION OF THE FIRST SYNOD OF THE DIOCESE OF NSUKKA AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL CHURCH". webcache.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  7. ↑ 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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