Ewherido Emerges New Bishop Of Warri Diocese

Monsignor Ewherido takes over from Archbishop Augustine Akubeze (of Benin City), who served as Apostolic Administrator of Warri Diocese following the retirement of Bishop John Okeoghene Afareha since April 2022.

With this appointment, Monsignor Ewherido becomes the third Rector of Bodija Seminary and fifth professor to be appointed Bishop, after John Onaiyekan (1982), Alfred Martins (1998), Peter Odetoyinbo (2014), and Francis Adesina (2019).