Victor Adibe Chikwe
Victor Adibe Chikwe (born June 24, 1938 in Eziala Ihitte, Ezinihitte-Mbaise , Imo , Nigeria , † September 16, 2010 ) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ahiara .
Life
Victor Chikwe attended St. Rose's Catholic School in Ihitte from 1947 to 1953 and St. Peter Claver Junior Seminary in Okpala from 1954 to 1956 . In 1960 he entered the seminary Bigard Memorial Seminary Major in Enugu and studied philosophy and theology. Chikwe was ordained a priest on April 17, 1966 in Emekuku, Owerri, and was incardinated in the Archdiocese of Owerri . From 1976 to 1979 he completed a doctoral degree in canon law at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome. 1979/80 he completed a postgraduate course in education at the University of London .
Pope John Paul II appointed him on November 18, 1987 as the first bishop of the newly founded diocese of Ahiara . John Paul II himself donated his episcopal ordination on January 6, 1988 ; Co-consecrators were the Curia Archbishops Eduardo Martínez Somalo and Giovanni Battista Re .
Chikwe was a member of the Episcopal Conference in Nigeria. He was President of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Anglophone West Africa (AECAWA) of the Bishops' Conference of Africa and Madagascar (SECEAM) .
Victor Adibe Chikwe died in the episcopate.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bishop of Ahiara 1987-2010 |
Peter Ebere Okpaleke |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Chikwe, Victor Adibe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chikwe, Victor A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerian Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Ahiara |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ihitte, Ezinihitte-Mbaise , Imo , Nigeria |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 2010 |