Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe
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| Bishop of Makurdi | |||||||||||||||||
| Church | Catholic | ||||||||||||||||
| Diocese | Makurdi | ||||||||||||||||
| Installed | 28 March 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Athanasius Atule Usuh | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 2 April 1965 (age 61) Aondona, Raav-Udem District, Gwer West, Benue State, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
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Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe C.M.F (born 1965) is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church, serving as bishop of the Diocese of Makurdi. He was appointed coadjutor bishop of Makurdi in 2014,[1][2] and succeeded to the office of bishop in 2015.[3][4]
Anagbe has performed the following duties in his priestly career:[1]
- 1994–1998: Director of Vocations of the Claretian PP. in Nigeria
- 1996–1998: School manager, Claretian School Board
- 1998–2000: Parish priest of St. Peter's Parish, Gariki, Diocese of Enugu
- 2000–2004: Farm Manager, Claretian Farm Project, Utonkon
- 2003–2004: Parish Priest of St. Fidelis Parish, Allan, and Dean of Utonkon of the Diocese of Otukpo
- 2004–2005: Theology course at the University of Salamanca (interrupted when he was elected Provincial Bursar)
- 2005–2015: Provincial Bursar of the Claretians in Nigeria
- 2008–2013: Member of the Economic Council of the Claretian Generalate in Rome
- 2009–2012: Military Chaplain of the 34th Artillery Brigade, Obinze
- 2013–2015: Military Chaplain 3rd Battalion Effurun Barracks, Warri.
Persecution of Christians
[edit | edit source]In July 2022 Anagbe told Aid to the Church in Need that over 60 Christians had been killed in Benue State in the past two months.[5]
In a speech in the European Parliament in October 2022, Anagbe compared the situation of Christians in his country to "nothing short of a Jihad clothed in many names: terrorism, kidnappings, killer herdsmen, banditry, other militia groups" and called on the international community to abandon what he termed a "conspiracy of silence" on the subject.[6]
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