Ebenezer Dimieari

Ebenezer Tamunoteghe Dimieari CBE[1] was an eminent Nigerian Anglican priest in the mid twentieth century.[2]

He was educated at St Andrew's College Oyo and St John's College, Durham;and was ordained in 1924.[3] He was Archdeacon of the Niger from 1939 to 1946; of Bonny from 1946 to 1948; and Bishop of the Niger Delta from 1949 [4] until 1960.[5] He was consecrated on 29 June 1949, by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral (London, UK), to serve as assistant bishop to Cecil Patterson, Bishop on the Niger.[6] He became first diocesan bishop of the Niger Delta on that diocese's erection, 1 January 1952.[7]

References
  1. "No. 40188". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1954. pp. 3257–3294.
  2. Nigeria University Opening Today. The Times (London, England), Monday, Oct 10, 1960; pg. 10; Issue 54898
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1967/68 p334: Oxford, OUP, 1929
  4. "Blain Biographical Directory". anglicanhistory.org. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. "Ebenezer Tamunoteghe Dimieari - Person - National Portrait Gallery". npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  6. Blain, Michael. Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific — ordained before 1932 (2019) p. 70 (Accessed at Project Canterbury, 26 June 2019)
  7. "About Diocese – Diocese of Niger Delta North". Archived from the original on 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-06-26.


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