Joseph Edra Ukpo’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Ugandischer Priester und Erzbischof von Calabar
Is Priest
From Uganda
Type Religion
Gender male
Birth

6 June 1937

Age 83 years
Star sign Gemini

Josaeph Edra Ukpo (born 6 June 1937) was Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calabar. He had previously been the first Nigerian-born and black African bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogoja, which is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Calabar.

Ukpo was born at Okpoma in the Cross River State.

Sources

  • Church Hierarchy listing for Ukpo
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