A Nigerian - born Dr Woyin Karowei Durgu has been ordained as the 13th Bishop of Woolwich, UK. He succeds the Rt Revd Dr Michael Ipgrave who is now the 99th Bishop of Lichfield. Dr Woyin was consecrated in Southwark Cathedral on St Patrick's Day 17th March 2017. He is the only first black Bishop to be consecrated in the Church of England.
Dr Dorgu was born in June 1958 in Burutu, Nigeria. From 1979 to 1985 he studied at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, graduating with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degrees. He then worked as a general practitioner.
In 1987, Dorgu moved to the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1993 he studied theology at the London Bible College, an evangelical theological college in North wood London. He completed a Diploma in Evangelism in 1991, a Diploma in pastoral studies in 1993, he entered oak Hill Lodge, a conservative ordained ministry. He left after two years to be ordained in the Church of England.
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