Henry Ndukuba
The Most Reverend Henry C. Ndukuba | |
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Archbishop of Jos, Bishop of Gombe | |
Church | Church of Nigeria |
Diocese | Anglican Diocese of Gombe |
Predecessor | Benjamin Kwashi |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1989 |
Consecration |
September 1999 by J. Abiodun Adetiloye |
Personal details | |
Born |
1959 Anambra |
Henry Chukwudum Ndukuba (born Anambra State, 1959) is a Nigerian Anglican Archbishop.
On 21 September 1999, he was consecrated the first Bishop of the Diocese of Gombe, with seven other Bishops. On 25 November 1999 the new diocese was inaugurated as the 71st diocese of the Church of Nigeria and he has the first bishop.[1]
Meeting at St Paul’s Cathedral in Port Harcourt in Southern Nigeria's Rivers State on 22 September 2017, the House of Bishops elected Henry Ndukuba, Bishop of Gombe, as the new Archbishop of Jos. He succeeds Benjamin Kwashi, Bishop of Jos, who is approaching retirement. The province of Jos comprises ten dioceses in central Nigeria’s Middle Belt.[2]
References
- ↑ "ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF GOMBE". gombe.anglican.org. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
- ↑ "Chancellor and three archbishops elected for Church of Nigeria | Anglican Ink 2018 ©". anglican.ink. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
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