The Methodist Church Nigeria is set to inaugurate a new diocese, to be known as Diocese of Enone South, in Benue state.
The new diocese, which comprises Circuits in the Orokam and Owukpa districts of Ogbadibo LGA of the state, was extracted from the already existing Diocese of Enone, leaving Circuits from Otukpa to stand as Enone Diocese.
Meanwhile, RT. Rev. Dr. Godwin Idoko Ali has been elected as the bishop of the newly created Methodist Diocese of Enone South.
Bishop Ali, until his elevation, was a Presbyter of MCN Maraba Circuit in Abuja. He was elected at the Biennial Conference in Umuahia, Abia state, in August 2023.
He had since been consecrated at a well-attended Conference in Lagos, in November 2023.
According to the chairman, media & publicity sub-committee of the ordination ceremonies and the inauguration of the Methodist Diocese of Enone South, Prince Yemi Itodo, the event is scheduled for Sunday, January 28, 2024, at Orokam, Benue state.
Itodo said, “Bishop Ali, an indigene of Ai-Oodo, is the second Bishop of Otukpa extraction, after the first Methodist Bishop, now Prelate of Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Oliver Ali Abah was consecrated from Olaochagbaha Otukpa in the year 2002.”
He urged the Methodist faithful, indigenes of Ogbadibo and friends of the land to support the epoch occasion in whichever way they could.
Itodo added that the inauguration ceremonies “is expected to be honoured by dignitaries across the country,” and urged Methodist faithful and the body of Christ generally to pray and support the event.
