Nicholas Okoh has been married to Nkasiobi Amaechi since 1986 and they have five children.
20 Facts About Nicholas Okoh
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Nicholas Okoh worked then for four years at his uncle's business, until starting his own.
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Nicholas Okoh joined the Nigerian Army in 1969, having not yet been confirmed.
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Nicholas Okoh fought in the Nigerian Civil War in 1970, losing his faith at the end of hostilities.
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Nicholas Okoh had a sudden conversion in early 1971, reading then the entire Bible.
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Nicholas Okoh was confirmed at St Stephen's Cathedral Ondo, in 1975.
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Nicholas Okoh undertook his Pastoral Studies at Immanuel College of Theology, in Ibadan from 1976 to 1979, obtaining a Diploma in Religious Studies and another in Theology.
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Nicholas Okoh was ordained a deacon in July 1979 and a priest in July 1980.
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Nicholas Okoh became a canon in 1987 and an archdeacon in April 1991.
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Nicholas Okoh was consecrated as the second bishop of the Diocese of Asaba in May 2001.
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Nicholas Okoh was elected the Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bendel on 22 July 2005 following the death of Archbishop Albert Agbaje.
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Nicholas Okoh served in the Nigerian Army, being commissioned as a lieutenant in 1982, promoted to captain in 1986, then to major in 1991 and lieutenant-colonel in 1996, his current rank.
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In July 2009, in a sermon in Beckenham, Kent, Nicholas Okoh made statements suggesting that Africa was under attack from Islam and that Muslims are "mass-producing" children to take over communities on the continent.
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Nicholas Okoh said that there was a determined Islamic attack in African countries such as Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda, a statement for which he was criticized by Muslims.
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Nicholas Okoh was elected Primate on September 15,2009, having worked with the previous Primate, the Most Reverend Peter Akinola for a couple of transition months.
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Nicholas Okoh was installed as the 4th Primate of the Church of Nigeria on March 25,2010, becoming the 2nd Bishop of Abuja and Archbishop of Abuja Province.
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Nicholas Okoh has been one of the leading names of the Anglican realignment, both as a member of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans and the Global South.
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Nicholas Okoh led the large delegation of 470 members of the Church of Nigeria that attended GAFCON 2, from 21 to 26 October 2013, in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Nicholas Okoh was one of the speakers at the Colloquium on Marriage, held in the Vatican, in November 2014, at invitation of Pope Francis, whom he had the chance to meet and greet at the occasion.
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Nicholas Okoh was succeeded by Archbishop Foley Beach, Primate of the Anglican Church in North America.