Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji | |
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Archbishop of Owerri | |
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Archdiocese | Owerri |
Appointed | 6 March 2022 |
Installed | 23 June 2022 |
Predecessor | Anthony John Valentine Obinna |
Successor | incumbent |
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Orders | |
Ordination | 16 April 1977 |
Consecration | 1 July 1990 by Paul Fouad Naïm Tabet, Anthony Gogo Nwedo, Albert Kanene Obiefuna |
Personal details | |
Born | 13 January 1952 Naze, Nigeria | (age 72)
Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji // (born January 13, 1952) is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the Archbishop of the Latin Church archdiocese of Owerri in Imo State, Nigeria.[1]
In 2022, he was appointed as the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN).[2] He followed on from the previous president, Augustine Obiora Akubeze.