Urhobo Historical Society
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THE LIFE AND WORK
OF AGORI IWE
FIRST BISHOP OF
BENIN DIOCESE
(ANGLICAN COMMUNION)
By
Sam U. Erivwo, Ph.D.
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Originally Published in 1998
Reproduced in URHOBO WAADO by kind permission of Professor Sam
U. Erivwo
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dedication
Acknowledgment
About the Author
Forword
Preface
The Story in Pictures
Chapter One: Prologue
Chapter
Two: Parentage and Family Background
Chapter Three: Early Life
Chapter Four: Agori and Ebosa
Crisis
Chapter Five: Family Life
Chapter Six: Agori of Okuama
Chapter Seven: Agori As a Physician: Reminiscences
Chapter Eight: Education
Chapter Nine: Agori Iwe in Eastern
Nigeria
Chapter
Ten: Agori Iwe's Work in UrhoboLand
Chapter Eleven: Agori Iwe As Bishop
Chapter Twelve: His Administration
Chapter Thirteen: Growth in the Diocese of Benin
1965 - 1969
Chapter Fourteen: Crisis in Benin
Diocese Under Agori Iwe
Chapter Fifteen: Benin
Diocese During and After the Civil War
Chapter Sixteen: Splitting of Benin
Diocese
Chapter Seventeen: Sermons and Addresses
Chapter Eighteen: Agori in the Secular World
Chapter Nineteen: Epilogue: Retirement and Rest
Appendix I: Agori Iwe's Presidential
Addresses to His Synods
Appendix II: People's Opinion of Bishop Agori Iwe
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