Peter Imhona Onekpe
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Peter Imhona Onekpe (born 15 February 1949) was the Anglican
.Onekpe was the pioneer bishop when the Diocese of Ika was created in 2001.Godfrey Ifeanyi Ekpenisi was elected as the second Bishop of Ika in September 2018.[6]
Onekpe was born on 15 February 1949 in
Jattu-Uzairue, from 1961 to 1963, followed by the Catechist Training School at Akure, graduating in 1967. He graduated from Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan in 1974, and was ordained in 1975.[7]
Onekpe was the 4th Bishop of Benin, consecrated in 1995, and translated to Esan Diocese in September 2000.[8]
References
- ^ Office, Anglican Communion. "Anglican Communion: Diocese". Anglican Communion Website.
- ^ "Ecclesiastical Province of Bendel | Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)". Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ^ "The Rt Revd Peter Onekpe on World Anglican Clerical Directory". World Anglican Clerical Directory. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ^ "Bishop P I Onekpe:Humanism, A side Clericalism X-rayed". The Pointer News Online. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ^ "BISHOP PETER ONEKPE BOWS OUT OF OFFICE". Ika Weekly Newspaper. 2018-12-22. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "Okowa Congratulates Ekpenisi, Ika Diocese Anglican Bishop-Elect". Vanguard News. 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "THERE IS A MISSION FOR THE CHURCH TO PREACH SALVATION — Rt. Rev. Dr. Onekpe (JP)". Ika Weekly Newspaper. 2018-06-04. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "About-us || DIOCESE OF BENIN". anglicandioceseofbenin.org. Retrieved 2021-03-25.