Abuja, 1 Dec 2004 -The Rt Revd Emmanuel Egbunu has been enthroned as the second Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Lokoja.
Bishop Egbunu was enthroned on Tuesday at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity Lokoja during an elaborate ceremony attended by 15 bishops including the Primate of All Nigeria, Most Revd Peter Akinola.
Until his enthronement, he was Suffragan Bishop of Abuja and he has served as a priest in the Dioceses of Minna and Jos, both in Northern Nigeria.
He told members of his new diocese that he saw his enthronement as homecoming for the native child, as this was the first time he would be a church worker in his home diocese. Bishop Egbunu used his sermon to announce to the congregation that God has given him a Vision of Transformation for the diocese.
"God is the God of transformation and transformation is not just necessary because something is wrong. But like someone who is travelling you start your car, you engage the first gear and as you continue with that journey you change gear.
"Not because of the problems but simply because you must move on and when I talk about transformation I mean God is calling our attention to some other things,' he said.
He challenged the clergy to lead the transformation by preaching the message 'by word and their lives', adding, 'our perspectives must be transformed'.