Samuel Onyuku Elenwo (7 December 1933 – 2008) was the Anglican Bishop of Niger Delta[1] in Niger Delta Province[2] of the Church of Nigeria.
Elenwo was born on 7 December 1933 in Okporowo-Ogbakiri, where he went to primary school, followed by Okporowo-Ogbakiri Central School, Kalabari National College, and thence to New Bethel College, Onitsha.[citation needed]
He was consecrated as the fourth Bishop of Niger Delta on 1 March 1981 by Timothy Olufosoye, the first archbishop of the province, at the Cathedral Church of St. James Oke-Bola, Ibadan. He became the first bishop of the newly created Anglican Diocese of Niger Delta North on 16 May 1996, a tenure he held until his retirement in December 1999.[3]
He died in 2008.[4]
References
edit- ^ Office, Anglican Communion. delta "Anglican Communion: Diocese". Anglican Communion Website.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Ecclesiastical Province of Niger Delta | Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)". 26 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "Samuel Onyuku Elenwo". dacb.org. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "Speak out against dictatorial tendencies, Wike tells clerics". The Sun Nigeria. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
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