Bishop of Umuahia
Bishop Michael Kalu Ukpong, Bishop of Umuahia, was born on December 15, 1964, in Amaekpu Ohafia, Nigeria, in the Diocese of Umuahia. He studied at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and University of Regensburg. He was ordained a deacon on December 19, 1992. He was ordained a priest for Umuahia on August 7, 1993. On May 30, 2020, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Igilgili and Auxiliary Bishop of Umuahia. He received episcopal ordination on July 30, 2020, at Umuahia, with Antonio Guido Filipazzi as principal consecrator and Anthony John Valentine Obinna and Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji as co-consecrators. On November 1, 2022, he was appointed Bishop of Umuahia. He was installed as Bishop of Umuahia on February 2, 2023.