Catholic Bishop Of Aba Diocese Most Rev Vincent Ezeonyia is Dead ..

His Excellency Most Rev. Dr. Vincent Valentine Egwuchukwu Ezeonyia was born on the 5^th day of April 1941 to a humble and godly family in Uke Idemili North Anambra State. While growing up, the young
Vincent distinguished himself from his mates by his rare candour, urbanity and commitment in all designations. It was not surprising then that he opted to go to the seminary instead of pursing some lofty degrees from the secular universities. A further confirmation of the depth of his commitment was his preference of a religious congregation where he will profess, activate and actualize the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity and charity. Based on the latter, he entered the Holy Ghost Congregation where he followed with strict advertence all the prerequisites for the priesthood. The soft spoken doctor of the Classics was ordained a Catholic priest on 3^rd August 1968. He was elected to be a bishop by Pope John Paul II on 2^nd April 1990 with the creation of the Catholic diocese of Aba from Umuahia diocese.
On 1 July 1990, he was ordained a Bishop by Archbishop Paul Fouad Naïm Tablet the Titular Archbishop of Sinna with Late Bishop A.G. Nwedo and Late Archbishop A.K. Obiefuna as co-consecrators. It is also pertinent to observe that he was ordained alongside Most Rev. Dr. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji the current Bishop of Umuahia who replaced the late Bishop A.G Nwedo.
Our ecclesiastical hero, Most. Rev. Dr. V.V. Ezeonyia, took canonical possession of the Catholic diocese of Aba on 2^nd July 1990 in a ceremony of episcopal installation at Christ the King Cathedral Aba.
Every life has a beginning and must necessarily have an end. The amiable, caring and compassionate prince of the church and able shepherd of the Catholic diocese of Aba answered the inevitably call to the yonder world, which marked the end of his earthly life, in the early hours of the 8^th day of February 2015 after a very brief but harrowing illness. The clergy and laity of the Catholic diocese of Aba will not forget the great and enviable works of the prelate in a hurry. A man of aesthetics and modesty. In the nearly twenty-five years of his tenure as a Bishop he accomplished so much that only a sizeable book can adequately contain and detail. He lived strictly by the motto of his episcopacy namely; to serve with joy. Few days before he took ill and later died he was seen performing various functions which included the burial of Msgr. P. Onyeachu on the 29^th of January 2015 in Ahiara diocese.
The pain in deep and the loss is profound. This is a reality that everyone will necessarily come to accept. May God rest his gently soul in peace. Goodnight his Lordship!