Benjamin Chukukadiba Ejefoberi Nwoso was an Anglican priest [1] in the 20th century.[ citation needed ]
Nwoso was ordained in 1936 by Morris Gelsthorpe, from 1933 to 1938 Assistant Bishop to the Bishop on the Niger. [2] He was a parish priest from then until 1952 when he was appointed Archdeacon of Owerri. In 1955 he became Archdeacon of Onitsha, a post he held until 1970. [3]
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