{"id":14843,"date":"2017-03-09T18:34:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T17:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14843"},"modified":"2017-06-08T15:19:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T14:19:42","slug":"okafor-bishop-dr-simon-akwali","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okafor-bishop-dr-simon-akwali\/","title":{"rendered":"OKAFOR, Bishop (Dr) Simon Akwali"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA, MA, M.Ed, M.Phil, Ph.D, clergyman, educationist, born November 16, 1934, Ifitedunu, Dunukofia Local Government Area, Anambra State; EDUCATION: St Gabriel&#8217;s Catholic School, Ifite-Dunu, 1941- 42, St Anthony&#8217;s Catholic School, Dunukofia, 1943-49, All Hallow&#8217;s Junior Seminary, Onitsha, 1951-54, Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu,1957-63, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1963-67, University of Detroit, USA, 1975-76, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, 1976-82;<br \/>\nCAREER: Ordained Catholic Priest, 1963; Parish Priest, Umunze, 1967-69: Secretary to the Archbishop of Onitsha, 1969-75; Chancellor of the Archdiocese of  Onitsha, 1969-75: Catholic Education Secretary, 1969-75; Provost, Anambra State College of Education, Awka, 1987-91; Auxiliary Bishop of Awka, 1992-94; Bishop of Awka Catholic Diocese, 1994-date; Spiritual Director, Catholic Women Organisation, 1969-75; member, Philosophy of Education Society, USA, since 1980; member, National Society for the Study of Education, USA, since 1981; member, Philosophy of Education of Nigeria, since 1984; Chairman, Anambra State Education Commission, 1991-92; Foreign Honour: Awarded Honorary Papal Prelate by Pope John Paul II, Rome, 1986;<br \/>\nPUBLICATION: Philosophy of Education for Beginners, Onitsha, Network Publishers, 1988; Hobbies: lawn tennis, music, meeting people; Official Address: Diocesan Catholic Secretariat, PMB 5021, Awka, Anambra State; Telephone: 048-550-770; Home: Bishop House, St. Patrick&#8217;s Church, PMB 5021, Awka, Anambra State; Tele phone: 048-550-002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[319,1505],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14843","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-clergy","category-educationist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14843","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\/14843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14843"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}