Bishop of Minna
Bishop Martin Igwemezie Uzoukwu, Bishop of Minna, was born on September 9, 1950, in Ozubulu, Anambra State, Nigeria, in the Diocese of Ilorin. He was ordained a deacon on December 14, 1980. He was ordained a priest for Ilorin on September 27, 1981. On July 5, 1996, he was appointed Bishop of Minna. He received episcopal ordination on November 30, 1996, at Minna, with Carlo Maria Viganò as principal consecrator and Peter Yariyok Jatau and Ayo-Maria Atoyebi as co-consecrators.