{"id":16495,"date":"2017-03-20T10:24:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T09:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=16495"},"modified":"2017-11-08T11:05:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T10:05:06","slug":"nwankiti-most-rev-dr-benjamin-chukwuemeka","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/nwankiti-most-rev-dr-benjamin-chukwuemeka\/","title":{"rendered":"NWANKITI, Most Rev. (Dr.) Benjamin Chukwuemeka"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Chukwuemeka, B.A., clergyman, born April25, 1928,Atta Ikeduru, Imo State; married Dora Chinyere 1954, two sons, one daughter; Education: Avu, Central School 1934-38, Mbieri, Central School, 1939, Atta Central Schools, 1940-42, Dennis Memorial Grammar School, (DMGS), Onitsha, 1942- 46, Durham University, UK, 1955-58; Ca reer: Appointed Anglican Bishop, The Dio cese of Owerri, 1968-98; Archbishop Prov. II, Church of Nigeria, 1996-98; retired as Arch Bishop, 1998; member, AACCCom munications Unit, 1976-84; founder, Akpodim Blind RehabilitationCentre, 1974; Patron (Honorary), Otu Umunna Associa tion, 1986; Chairman, Nigeria Association for Care &#038; Resettlement of Offenders, 1975- 99; National Honour: Justice of Peace, (JP), 1986; OFR, 1983; Honorary Degree: Doctorate Degree by Golden State Univer sity, California, USA, 1986; Publications: A Short History of the Christian Church, Daystar Press, Ibadan, 1966;Obedient unto Death, Dio Printing Press Owerri, 1985; Growth and Development ofthe Church of Nigeria, Ihem Davies Press, Owerri, 1996; Hobbies: walking, aviary, football, gardening; Official Address: 2, Mission Crescent, Aladinma Northern Extension, PO Box 31, Owerri, Imo State. Telephone: 083-230919.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[319],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-16495","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-clergy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16495","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16510,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16495\/revisions\/16510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16495"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=16495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}