Profile Category: Clergy

Rt.Revd. Dr G.I.N Okpala(JP) was elected the first bishop of Nnewi on December 2nd 1995 following the inauguration of the Diocese on February 14, 1996. Bishop Godwin was born in ikenga village, Adazi-ani on September 17, 1949. The youngest child of his pagan parents, Mr Uzokwe Okpala-oguaju Okpala and Mrs Onyeghalunkeya Okpala who on conversion...

Most Rev Dr Hilary Paul Odilinyechukwu Okeke is a Roman Catholic bishop of Nigeria. He was consecrated a priest Onitshan the archdiocese Francis Arinze, 20 April 1974, and was appointed Bishop of Nnewi diocese on 9 November 2001.