{"id":15262,"date":"2017-03-13T16:06:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T15:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15262"},"modified":"2017-04-25T11:04:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T10:04:40","slug":"makozi-bishop-alexius-obabu","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/makozi-bishop-alexius-obabu\/","title":{"rendered":"MAKOZI, (Bishop) Alexius Obabu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>clergyman; b: February 15, 1932;ht: Okene; so:Kogi; ed: Immaculate Conception College, Benin City, 1949; St. Theresa&#8217;s Junior Seminary, Ibadan, 1950-53; St. Paul&#8217;s MajorSeminary, BeninCity, 1954-56; St. Peter&#038; Paul MajorSeminary, Ibadan, 1958-61; Jesuit International Institute for Sociology, Rome, 1963-64; University of Lagos, 1967-68. cr: Assistant Parish Priest, Egume, 1962-63; Editor. The Light, 1964-67; Diocesan din Lay Apostotatc, 1964-67; sec. Press Department, Catholic Secretariat, Nigeria, 1968-71; sec-gen.. Catholic Secretariat, Nigeria, 1970-72; Auxiliary Bishop, Lokoja Diocese, 1971-72; Bishop, Lokoja Diocese, 1972-91; sec. Catholic Bishops Conference, Nigeria, 1973-76; ch. Catholic Voice of Africa, 1973-77; Management Board, Media Service Centre, Kaduna, 1975-92; National Episcopal Commission for Justice Development and Peace, 1975-94; Christian Association of Nigeria, Kwara State Bible Society of Nigeria. Bendel, now Edo and Delta States Kwara States branches, 1985-89; Catholic Media Association, 1989-95; Bishop, Catholic Diocese, Port Harcourt, since 1991; mm\/ Nigerian Representative, International Catholic Association for Radio and Television, 1968-71; mm: Catholic Media Association of Anglophone West Africa, since 1979, London Institute of Journalism. publ: Religion and Politics In Independent Nigeria, Lagos, 1996; History of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, MacMillan, 1982. hob: reading, writing, music, off: Diocesan Chancery, P. O. Box 1113, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, tel: 084-237444, 333057. fax: 084-237776. res: 34, Harbour Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, tel: 084-237444.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[319],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15262","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-clergy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15262","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\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15262"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}