Victor Adibe Chikwe
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Victor Adibe Chikwe was the Nigeria
n Roman Catholic prelate
who served as the first bishop
of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ahiara from his appointment on November 18, 1987, until his death on September 16, 2010. He was formally ordained bishop on January 6, 1988.
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
n Roman Catholic prelate
Prelate
A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...
who served as the first bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ahiara from his appointment on November 18, 1987, until his death on September 16, 2010. He was formally ordained bishop on January 6, 1988.