{"id":10440,"date":"2017-02-13T17:05:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T16:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=10440"},"modified":"2017-05-12T11:19:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T10:19:38","slug":"okeke-the-very-rev-dr-david-chidiebele","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okeke-the-very-rev-dr-david-chidiebele\/","title":{"rendered":"OKEKE, The Very Rev. (Dr.) David Chidiebele"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

B.A (Hons), Ph.D, university teacher, clergy, administrator; Born: February 23, 1943; p: Enugu; ht: Ukpor; so: Anambra; Married: Dr. (Mrs) S.U.N. Okeke, 1973; No of Children: two; EDUCATION: St. Peter’s School Ogbete, Enugu, 199-55; Julius Spencer College, Obosi, 1961-62; Trinity College, Umuahia, 1966-68; Fourah Bay College, Freetown, 1969-73; University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 1974-77; University of Jerusalem, Israel, 1977; Career: School Master, St. John’s Port Harcourt, 1963-65; Priest asst. St. Paul’s Church, Oba, 1969; Priest asst St.. George’s Cathedral, Freetown, SL, 1970-73; Priest, All Saints Cathedral, Onitsha, 1974; Priest asst St. Devenick’s Church, Aberdeen, UK, 1975-77; Snr. Lecturer, Trinity College, Umuahia, 1977-78; Lecturer, Anambra State College of Education, Awka, (Rising to the Rank of a Reader), 1978-91; Founded, the Department of Religious Studies, Anambra State College of Education, Awka, 1978; Head, Department of Religius Studies, Anambra State College of Education, Awka, 1978-84; Reader, Department of Religious Studies, Anambra State College of Education, Nsugbe, 1991- 92; snr. Lecturer, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, since 1992; Founded, Religious Unit, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, 1993; Chaplain Anglican Chaplaincy, Anambra State College of Education,, Awka, 1978-92; Vicar, St. Michael Church, Nawfia, 1993; Vicar, St. Mark’s Church, Magba, Onitsha, 1994-95; Provost, All Saints’ Cathedral, Onitsha, 1996-2000; Liaison Officer, Anglican Schools in Niger, Awka and Nnewi Dioceses, since 2001; Head, Department of Religious Studies, Nnamdi Azikiwe, University, since 2003; Common Entrance Examination, Anambra State College of Education, Awka, 1973-83;Curriculum, Anambra State College of Education, Awka, 1979- 84; Staff Housing and Loan, Anambra State College of Education, Awka, 1980-85; Students’ Disciplinary, 1978-85; Academic Board, Anambra State College of Education, Awka, 1978-85; Appointment and Promotions, Anambra State College of Education, Awka 1978-81; College Primary School Board, 1982-85; Restructuring of Education in Anambra State, 1979; Senate Research grants, since 2003; Ethics, since 2003; mm: Ukpor Leaders of Thought Sub-Committee on Education, since 1977; International Missionary Association, since 1978; National Committee on Curriculum of the New System of Education Organised by the Nigerian Education Research Council, 1981-82; Examining Chaplain, Diocese on The Niger, 1978-87; Examining Chaplain, Diocese of Awka, 1978-93; Board of Governors, Nwandu Memorial Academy, Enugu, since 1983; Representative of the Church of Nigeria to The World Council of Churches, General Assembly, 1983-90; Editorial Board, Torch Magazine, 1980-87; Editor, Daily Life Under God, A Biblical Commentary, 1988-94; External Assessor on Religious Studies; Spiritan International School of Theology, Attakwu, Enugu, 1997-2001; Eha Amutu College of Education, Eha Amutu, 1990-94; Eha Amutu College of Education, Nsugbe, 1978-94; St. Paul’s University College, Awka, 1997-2001; Wesley International Theological Institute, Owerri, 1997-2001; Presentation of Lead-paper .at the opining ceremony of National Association for the Promotion of Studies in Arts and Social Sciences, 2002; Anglican Consultative Council, London, since 1996; International Conference on Higher Education, Netherlands, since 1984; External Assessor for Testament, Post graduate Students, W.I.T.I, Lagos, since 2000; Conference Coordinator NAPSASS, 2003; award: Student Award for Excellent Devotion, Julius Spencer College, Obosi, 1962; Best Student in Biblical Language (Creek and Hebrew) Trinity College, Umuahia, 1968; Biblical Languages (Greek and Hebrew) prizes. Fourah Bony College, Freetown, 1973; Anglo-Sierra Leone Prize, Best Academic Student, 1974; Ukpor Personality of the year, 1980; off: Department of Religious Studies, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,749,319],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10440","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-administrator","category-clergy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10440"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}