Bishop of Okigwe
Bishop Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu, Bishop of Okigwe, was born on December 17, 1950, in Ukpo, Nigeria, in the Diocese of Awka. He was ordained a priest for Awka on October 7, 1978. On December 22, 2000, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Sabrata and Auxiliary Bishop of Awka. He received episcopal ordination on April 28, 2001, at Awka, with Osvaldo Montecillo Padilla as principal consecrator and Albert Kanene Obiefuna and Simon Akwali Okafor as co-consecrators. On May 28, 2005, he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Okigwe. He succeeded to the see as Bishop of Okigwe on April 22, 2006.