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| type = Archbishop
| honorific-prefix = [[Most Reverend]]
| name = Anthony J.V. Obinna
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| title = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri|Archbishop Emeritus of Owerri]]
| image = BISHOP arch anthony obinna.jpg
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| caption = Archbishop Obinna in [[Rogoredo]] on 18 June 2017.
| church = [[Roman Catholic Church]]
| archdiocese = Owerri
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| see = Owerri
| enthroned =
| ended = 6 March 2022
| appointed = 26 March 1994
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| predecessor = Mark Onwuha Unegbu
| opposed =
| successor = Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji
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| ordination = 9 April 1972
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| consecration = 4 September 1993
| consecrated_by = [[Carlo Maria Viganò]]
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| previous_post = Bishop of Owerri (1993-94)
<!---------- Personal details ---------->| birth_name = Anthony John Valentine Obinna
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1946|6|26}}
| birth_place = [[Emekukwu]], [[Colonial Nigeria|Nigeria]]
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| nationality = [[Nigerian people|Nigerian]]
| religion = Catholic ([[Roman Rota]])
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| motto = ''To serve God and His people''
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'''Anthony John Valentine Obinna''' (born 26 June 1946 in [[Emekuku|Emekukwu]], [[Imo State]], [[Nigeria]]) is a Nigerian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri|Owerri]] from 26 March 1994 until 6 March 2022.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d6e_SNC0SA8C&q=Anthony+John+Valentine+Obinna&pg=PA396|title=Le deuxième Synode africain|date=30 May 2013|publisher=Karthala|isbn=9782811108496|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref>
==Biography==
Ordained as a priest on 1972, he incardinated in the [[Diocese of Owerri]]. Pope [[John Paul II]] appointed him as the bishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri|Owerri diocese]] in 1993. He was consecrated by bishop [[Carlo Maria Viganò]] on the following 4 September. On 26 March 1994 he was appointed as the first archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri|Owerri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.va/it/news/africanigeria-ringraziamo-il-signore-perche-nel-ce|title=Ringraziamo il Signore perché nel Centenario dell'arrivo della Luce nelle nostre terre, entriamo nell'Anno della Fede: i 100 anni della Provincia Ecclesiastica di Owerri|website=news.va|publisher=|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref>
==References==
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== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150412142423/http://ceastangola.org/dioceses/saurimo/diocese-de-saurimo/diocese-de-saurimo_2_246_124_0.html Page of Saurímo Archdiocese] on Website of Episcopal Angolan Conference. Accessed 6 March 2024.
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[[Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Nigeria]]
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[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:Igbo people]]
[[Category:Nigerian Roman Catholics]]
[[Category:People from Imo State]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic archbishops of Owerri]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Owerri]]
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