{"id":17641,"date":"2017-03-27T11:20:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T10:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=17641"},"modified":"2017-06-08T12:46:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T11:46:40","slug":"nwosu-bishop-dr-ikechi-nwachukwu","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/nwosu-bishop-dr-ikechi-nwachukwu\/","title":{"rendered":"NWOSU, Bishop (Dr.) Ikechi Nwachukwu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date of Birth: Thursday (Eke) 24th November, 1949 State of Origin: Abia Local Government Area: Umuahia South Local Government. Milage\/Town: Umuelem Amakama Contact Address: Bishop’s court Anglican Diocese of Umuahia Abia State. Rt Rev Dr Ikechi Nwachukwu Nwosu is the Bishop of the Diocese of Umuahia Anglican Communion. He was born on November 24. 1949 to Mr. John Enyim Nwosu of Umuelem. Amakama and Mrs Patience Afoukwu Nwosu ( nee Udugbo of Amuzu Olokoro) both in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State Education \u2022 St Luke’s C.M.S Central School Amakama 1956- 1963 Sancta Crux Secondary School Olokoro Umuahia 1963 – 1967 (Interrupted by Nigeria-Biafra War) Holy Family College Oku Abak Akwa Ibom State 1971 – 1972 Trinity Theological College Umuahia Diploma in Theology 1978 \u2022 University of London 1979-1982 BD \u2022 Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford PGC Th. 1983 \u2022 University of Nigeria Nsukka\/ Ridley Hall Cambridge 1992 – 1995 Ph D ( New Testament) Ministerial Appointments and Preferment’s in the Church \u2022 Deacon ordained 1978 Preferred Canon of St Michael’s Cathedral Aba 1987 \u2022 Collated Archdeacon in 1994 Consecrated Bishop of Umuahia Diocese March 2003 Job Experience Secular \u2022 Tutor Evangel High School Old Umuahia 1974-1975 In the Church Bishop’s Chaplain to Bp. II.A. I Afonya at St Michael’s Cathedral Aba 1978 – 1986 Bishop’s Chaplain to Bp A.O. Iwuagwu 1987 – 1991 \u2022 Parish Priest St. John’s Church Osusu Aba 1983-1984 \u2022 Canon in Residence 1987-1989 \u2022 Vice Principal Ascension Junior Seminary Umuebulungwu-Asa 1991- 1992 Archdeacon of St Stephen’s Cathedral Umuahia , 1994 – 1998 Canon Theologian Diocese of Umuahia 1997-2003 Mission Adviser Evangelical Fellowship in the Anglican Communion ( EFAC) Umuahia Zone 1997 – 2003 Registrar Trinity Theological College Umuahia 1995 – 1996 Rector Trinity Theological College Umuahia 1997 – 1999 Director of Spiritual Growth, Ibru International Ecumenical Retreat Centre, ( Anglican Centre, Church of Nigeria) Agbarha Otor, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, 1999 – 2003 Secretary Church of Nigeria Doctrinal and Theological Committee Supervising Bishop and Member Trinity College Governing Council Ministerial ExperienceOverseas to the World Anglican Communion \u2022 Priest in Holton Parish Church, Oxford 1980-1981 \u2022 St John the Baptist Parish, Knutsford and Toft Cheshire, Diocese of Chester, 1982 – 1983 \u2022 St. Mary’s Parish Great Stamford and Little Stamford , Near Cambridge 1994 – 1995 \u2022 Christ Church Cockfosters, 1994 – 1995 Membership ofProfessionalAssociations \u2022 Life Member Bible Society of Nigeria, since 1985 \u2022 Member, Scripture Union Nigeria \u2022 Member, Christian Association of Nigeria, Aba and Umuahia Chapter 1987 – date \u2022 Member, Boys Brigade Nigeria \u2022 Member, Theological Association of African Students of the Bible Awards and Scholarships \u2022 The Harris Bolton Award for Academic\/Moral Excellence, Trinity Theological College Umuahia, 1978 \u2022 Wycliffe Hall Scholarship Oxford 1980 -1981 \u2022 Christian Sacrifice Award , Parishes of Samford near Cambridge for Christian Service 1994 \u2022 Ridley Hall Scholarship, Cambridge 1992 – 1995 Publications Many academic and pastoral publications and papers among whom are: \u2022 The Church that lives to itself dies to itself- Diocese ofAba Publications 1988 \u2022 New Birth: A New Testament Phenomenon that Applies in the Old TestamentEcclesiasticalReview, Umuahia, 1997 \u2022 A Guide to Pastoral Epistles, Mimeograph Umuahia 1997 \u2022 The Feeding of the Five Thousand and the Four Evangelist 1988 \u2022 Alex Aremu Ibru: The Daniel from the Lions Den ( contributor) 2002 \u2022 Religious Columnist and Writer, Guardian Newspapers Ltd Nigeria \u2022 There numerous copies of Presidential Addresses and Synod Reports. Contributions to SocietalandChurch Growth- LocallyandWorldwide \u2022 Brought a lot of spiritual and material blessing to both Church of Nigeria and Diocese of Umuahia in the past few years \u2022 Has intensified Outreach and Evangelism tounchurchedand Non-Anglican areas of the Diocese. \u2022 Established an Investment Company for the Sustenance of the Diocese- the Anglidium Investment Company Ltd , registered with Corporate Affairs Commission in Abuja \u2022 Established Diocesan Mission\/ Evangelism Fund, carved out many new parishes and archdeaconries \u2022 Creation of three new Missionary Dioceses out of the Diocese of Umuahia in 2005- a new milestone in the history of the Church in the Country – the new Dioceses are Diocese of Arochukwu\/Ohafia, Diocese of Isuikwuato\/Umunneochi and Diocese of Ikwuano. The new dioceses have been taken new strides in Mission and Evangelism to many un reached areas. \u2022 A prudent Manager- introduced a Central Accounting System in the Diocese \u2022 Enhanced the living standard of many rural and urban Church workers. \u2022 Has revived the Diocesan Seminary – St Mary Magdalene Anglican Girls Seminary Ubakala The Bishop’s is a born- evangelist who has brought lives back to many souls through his prayers and sermons. He is married to Mrs Nne Patience Nwosu (nee Umeshi) and they are blessed with three children – Nkvvachi, Ozichi and Kelechi <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[319],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-17641","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-clergy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17641","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\/17641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17664,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17641\/revisions\/17664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17641"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=17641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}