UKPONG, Rev. Fr.(Prof.) Justin S

B.A, M.A, Ph.D, theologian, cleric, academic, administrator, EDUCATION: Bigard Seminary, Enugu,1961-68;St. Francis Xavier University, Rome 1976; 1978; 1980; CAREER Associate Lecturer, University of Calabar, Calabar, 1980-81; LecturerII, Catholic Institute of West Africa, Nigeria, 1981; Senior Lecturer, Catholic Institute of West Africa, 1984; Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh, 1987;Head, Library Services, Catholic Institute of West Africa, 1981-88; Ag.Head, Department of Biblical Theology, 1981-88; Dean. Academic, 1986-88; Ag. Rector,1987-88;Visiting Professor, Ecumenical Institute, Geneva, 1988-89; Deputy Rector,Catholic Institute of West Africa, 1990-94;Professor of New fc-stament 1994; Head, Department of Biblical Theology, 1994-97; Research Fellow, University of Glasgow; 1995-97;Visiting Professor, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 1997-99; Academic Dean, Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt, 1997-99; Visiting Scholar, (parttime), Furman/University, Greenville, SC,USA, 1999-2000; Visiting Scholar, Vanderbijt University, Nashville, Tennessee,USA,1999-2003; Professor of New Testarnent, University of Uyo, 2003; Vice Chancellor, Veritas University Abuja, 2007; External Examiner: University of Uyo, 2000; University of Glasgow, 2000; University of Toronto, Canada, 2002; Professorial Promotion, University of. Malawi, Malawi, 2001; Professional Promotion, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 2004; University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 2005; University of South Africa, 2005; University of Port Harcourt, 006; Professorial Promotion, St. Joseph Seminary, Ikot Ekpene, Ak State, 2006; Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-lfe, 2007; Assistant Priest, Sacred Heart Cathedral,; Calabar, 968-69; Assistant Priest Christ The King Church, Uyo,1970-71; Chaplain, Catholic Students, P&T Training School, Oshodi, Lagos,1971-74; Administrator, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Calabar, 1974-76; Assistant Priest, St.John's Parish, Port Harcourt, 1980-87;Chaplain, Catholic Chaplaincy University of Port Harcourt,1987-89; Assistant Priest St. John's Parish, PortHarcourt, 1990-99; Parochial Vicar, St. Mary Parish, Greenville, S. Carolina, USA, 1999- 2001; Assistant Priest, Christ The King Parish, Nashville, TN, USA, 200103;Pastor, St. Gerrard Parish, Aiken, S. Carolina, USA, 2003; Assistant Priest,St. Peter's Parish, University of Uyo, UNIUYO), 2004-2005; Administrator, Christ TheKing Cathedral, Uyo,2005; Editorial Consultant, African Heritage Publications, Lagos, 1992; Editor, Departmental Journal, 2005; Journal of Inculturation Theology, Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt, 1991-99 ; Incarnation Monograph Series,1986-88; Bible and Life,1985-88;{^Publications reviewer for SBL Publications, Atlanta, USA, 2000; Nigerian Representative, Catholic International Centre for UNESCO; mm: Statutes Drafting Committee, Catholic Institute for West Africa,1981-83; Junior Staff Committee, 1981-88;ch. Library Committee, 1981-88; Finance Committee,1983-88; Committee on Certificate/Diploma Programme, 1983-93; Representative, Federation of International Catholic, University Conference, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,1985; Representative, International Missiology Conference, Rome, 1985; Coordinator, Affiliation of Catholic Institute of West Africa to the University ofCalabar,i 988;Statutes Revision Committee, 1989; Co-ordinator, Annual Theology Conference, 1989-97;ch.Committee on Staff Conditions of Service, 1991; Appointments and Promotions Committee,1996-99; 1986-92; Representative, Conference of Catholic Universities and Institutes in Africa and Madagascar, 1997; Chairman. Faculty Appraisals Committee, 1997-99; Catholic Institute of West Africa, 1986-88; Governing Council, 1997-99;mm: Ecumenical Association of African Theologians, Nairobi, Kenya; Secretary, West Africa Association of Theological Institutions, Ibadan, 1986-88; Pan African Catholic Exegetes Conference, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC); Nigerian Association for Biblical Literature, Atlanta, USA; Catholic Biblical Association of America, Washington DC, USA; International Association for Mission Studies, Hamburg, Germany, Catholic Theological Association of Nigeria, Enugu, 1995-99; Committee on African Hermeneutics, Society of Biblical Literature, USA; Award: Scholarship for Diploma Programme in Social Administration Misereor, Acachen, Germany, 1969; Scholarship for Graduate Studies in Biblical Theology,1976; Publication :co-editor, Eucharist: Source and Summit of Christ Like, CIWA Publ.,PortHarcourt, 1982; Author, Sacrifice-African and Biblical: A Comparative Study of Ibibio and Levitical Sacrifices, Rome: Urbaniana University Press, 1987; Proclaiming the Kingdom: Essaysin Contextual New Testament Studies, Catholic Institute of West Africa Publication, PortHarcourt, 1993; New Testament Essays. Campbell Publishers, Lagos, 1995; African Theologies Now-A Profile, Gaba Production, Eldoret: Gaba Publications,1984; Essays in Contextual Theology, Campbell Publishers Lagos,1995; Adaptation in the Liturgy of Marriage: An Ibibio Model',Eldoret Kenya,Vol.20, 1978; Ibibio Sacrifices, L'uomo, Rome, VoJ.4, pp.MI-141, 1980; Republished as 'Sacrificial Worship in Ibibio Traditional Religion',Journal of Religion in Africa, Leiden, Vo.3(13), pp.187203,1982; Contemporary Model of Mission: Analysis and Critique, Afer, Eldoret, Kenya, Vol.26, pp220-230, 1984; The Emergence of African Theologies,Theological Studies, Vol.45, pp.501-536, Chicago,1984; Sin and Reconciliation among Ibibio: A Christian Evaluation, Cashiers des Religions AFricaines, Kinshasa, No.19, pp.227-234,.1985; Social and Economic Development and The Nigerian Political Order, Shalom, Ibadan, 5, pp.99-120,.1986;The Function and Structure, International Review Mission, Geneva,76, pp.90-97,1987; African Theologies and Search for Life, Voices from the Third World, New Delhi, Vol.10, pp.I49-163; 'Contextualization: Concept and History' Revive Africainede Theologie, Kinshasa, No.22, pp.149-163,1987;Theological Literature from Africa, Concilium, Neimejen, No. 199,pp.67-75, 1988; The Christian Laity in Nigerian Politics, Nigerian Journal of Theology, Enugu,Vol.1,pp.39-46, 1988; A Critical Review of the Lineament on the Special African Synod, Concilium, Neimejen, No.239, pp.68-80,1992; Towards A Renewed Approach to Inculturattion Theology, Journal of Inculturation Theology, PortHarcourt, Vol.1(1),pp.3-24,1994; Inculturation:A Major Challenge for the Church in Africa, Afer, Eldoret, Kenya, No.38, pp.165-174,1996; The Church in the African State: Roman Catholic Experience in Nigeria, Journal of African Christian Thought, Accra, Ghana,Vol.I(2),pp.17-32,1998;The Bible in the Life of the Christian, Shalom, Ibadan, Vol.2(2),pp.81-88,1985; Redemption: "A Biblical Herrneneutic",Catholic Witness, Ibadan, Vol.4,pp.14-26,1983: Mission in the Acts of the Apostles: A Study from the Perspective of the Evangelized",Revive Africainede Theologie, Kinshasa,No.13,pp. 171 -1921 Pluralism and the Problem of Discernment of Spirits, Ecumenical Review, Geneva, No.41, pp.416-425, 1989; The Political Dimension of Jesus' Ministry-lmplications for Evangelization, West African Journal of Ecclesial Studies, Ibadan, Vol.3, pp.1-10,1995; The Problem of Gentile Mission in Mathew s Gospel^Vidyajyoti, New Delhi, India, Vol.59, pp.437-448,1995; Tribute to Caesar, Mark 12:13-17(Matt.22:15-22; Luke 20-26), Bible Bhashyam, India,Vol.21(3),1995; hob: listening classical and popular music singing, choir directing and training, piano, organ, guitarplaying, swimming, lawntennis, tabletennis; off: Vice Chancellor's Office,Veritas University, Abuja, Obeliie Campus, PMB 7084 Aba,AbiaState;res:Veritas University, Abuja, Obehie Campus; e-m: justinukpong@yahoo;tel: 08035900862;08029303064.
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