Type: | Archbishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Anthony J.V. Obinna | |
Archbishop Emeritus of Owerri | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Owerri |
See: | Owerri |
Ended: | 6 March 2022 |
Appointed: | 26 March 1994 |
Predecessor: | Mark Onwuha Unegbu |
Successor: | Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji |
Ordination: | 9 April 1972 |
Consecration: | 4 September 1993 |
Consecrated By: | Carlo Maria Viganò |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Owerri (1993-94) |
Birth Name: | Anthony John Valentine Obinna |
Birth Date: | 1946 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Emekukwu, Nigeria |
Nationality: | Nigerian |
Religion: | Catholic (Roman Rota) |
Motto: | To serve God and His people |
Anthony John Valentine Obinna | |
Offstyle: | Your Grace, Amarachi |
Deathstyle: | none |
Anthony John Valentine Obinna (born 26 June 1946 in Emekukwu, Imo State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of Owerri from 26 March 1994 until 6 March 2022.[1]
Ordained as a priest on 1972, he incardinated in the Diocese of Owerri. Pope John Paul II appointed him as the bishop of Owerri diocese in 1993. He was consecrated by bishop Carlo Maria Viganò on the following 4 September. On 26 March 1994 he was appointed as the first archbishop of Owerri.[2]