Venerable Dr. Shedrack C. Iruke Volunteer PriestPhone: 623-432-2662
The Venerable Shedrack C. Iruke is a Volunteer Priest at St. Peter’s Anglican Church Phoenix- Arizona which is in the Anglican Diocese of All Nations a Diocese in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) by the permission of the Rt. Reverend Dr. Felix Orji, OSB the Diocesan Bishop. This Church plant is under the supervision of Venerable Samuel O. Igwe the Senior Pastor of Holy Trinity Anglican Church Nashville, Tennessee and the Archdeacon of Tennessee and Arizona Archdeaconry with the Anglican Diocese of All Nations a D (ACNA).
By the grace of God Ven Shedrack Iruke encountered our Lord Jesus Christ early in life, precisely in his junior secondary school (JSS) days in Owerri, Imo State Nigeria through the ministry of the Scripture Union (SU). His zeal and commitment to God’s kingdom made him serve in various leadership positions both in SU schools’s ministry and in Evangelical Fellowship in Anglican Communion (EFAC) ministry in Naze Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. He responded to God’s calling to the ordained ministry and was made a deacon and ordained a priest at the completion of Seminary School in the Anglican Diocese of Umuahia (Church of Nigeria (CON) by the Most Reverend Dr. Ugochukwu Uwaoma Ezuoke (pioneer Bishop of Umuahia (CON) and the Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Aba, Emeritus) in May 2001 and 2002 respectively.
In 2004, Ven. Dr. Shedrack was sent to the then proposed Anglican Diocese of Arochukwu/ Ohafia (Church of Nigeria) as a missioner with his team in order to prepare the area for the creation of the new Diocese. After the creation of the Diocese in 2006, Ven. Dr. Shedrack C. Iruke served as the first chaplain to His Lordship, the Rt. Reverend Dr. Johnson C. Onuoha (the pioneer Bishop of Arochukwu/ Ohafia Diocese (CON)
To the glory of God, he was installed as a statutory Canon and also was collated an Archdeacon by His Grace, the Most Reverend Ikechi Nwachukwu Nwosu Ph.D (Archbishop of Aba Ecclesiastical Province and the Bishop Diocese of Umuahia (CON), Emeritus) in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
Venerable Dr. Iruke has been the Warden (Spiritual/Prayer Coordinator) of the Diocese of Umuahia (CON) Prayer Ministry (Archdeacon Utegbulam Memorial (ARUM) Church/ Retreat Centre- Pool of Bethesda, Old Umuahia, Abia State) from 2010 to 2023.
Venerable Dr. Iruke holds a Bachelor of Theology degree from West African Theological Seminary, M.A. in Theology from Crowther Graduate Theological Seminary (CGTS) Abeokuta in 2017, followed by M.A. in Biblical Studies from Anglican Crowther University, Oyo in 2018, and a Ph.D from Crowther Graduate Theological Seminary Abeokuta in 2022.
Venerable Dr. Shedrack C. Iruke is married to Vivian Ifeyinwa and they are blessed with four children.
Venerable Samuel O. Igwe Supervising Archdeacon for TN and AZPhone: 832-312-1033
Ven. Sam Igwe is the Rector of Holy Trinity Anglican Church (HTAC) Nashville Tennessee and the Supervising Archdeacon for Arizona in the Anglican Diocese of All Nations (ADAN). He has been in full-time ministry in the Anglican Church for over 20 years.
He holds Bachelor’s degree in Pastoral ministry and Master’s degree in Christian Leadership and Management from Trinity Theological College of the Bible in Newburgh IN. He is a certified Chaplain and a Biblical Counselor. He is the Chaplain of the Council of Knights and the Coordinator of the Children’s Ministry in the Anglican Diocese of All Nations.
The Venerable Sam Igwe served in the Anglican Diocese of Umuahia and later in the Diocese of Ikwuano, both in the Church of Nigeria (CON). In 2013, he relocated to the United States America to continue in his pastoral ministry under the leadership of His Lordship, the Rt. Reverend Dr. Felix Orji, OSB the Diocesan Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of All Nations (ADAN), a Diocese in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA).
By the grace of God, the Venerable Igwe has been a blessing to the church of God under his care and in the diocese at large. Venerable Igwe is married to Mrs. Gift Igwe, and they are blessed with two boys- Evidence and Divine.
Bishop Felix OrjiDiocesan Bishop
Bishop Felix Orji is the Diocesan Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of All Nations (ADAN) The Anglican Diocese of All Nations is home to parishes in the United States and Canada. ADAN is a diocese in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA)
Early in his life, Bishop Felix Orji made a decision to follow and serve Christ as the Savior and Lord of his life. The result of this decision as a teenager was a commitment to the call of God in his life to serve Christ as a minister of the gospel of God’s grace. This led him to ordained ministry in the Anglican Church in Canada and the USA as a priest and now as a Bishop of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA).
Bishop Orji completed a BA degree with honors in English at the University of Ife in Ile-Ife, Nigeria and received a Master’s degree at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He earned a Diploma in Christian Studies from Regent College, Vancouver, BC, and a Master of Divinity from Vancouver School of Theology in Canada. Dr. Orji also earned a Doctorate in Leadership and Evangelism from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Bishop Orji who is currently the Bishop Protector of the Order of St. Benedict, was ordained in 1996 in the Diocese of New Westminster, Anglican Church of Canada. He served his curacy at All Saints Anglican Church in Burnaby, BC and afterwards as Associate Rector at St. John’s Shaughnessy in Vancouver, BC, the largest evangelical Anglican parish in Canada.
In 2004, he moved to the Diocese of the Rio Grande in the USA where he served a parish for a year. He was also the Coordinator of the Anglican Fellowship of the Southwest till 2010 which finally became the Diocese of the Southwest.
In 2005, Dr. Orji became Associate Rector of St. Francis on the Hill in El Paso, Texas and Rector from 2008 to August 2015.
In September 2011, he was consecrated Bishop by the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) to serve in the USA and Canada. In August of 2022 he transferred his episcopacy to Anglican Church in North America(ACNA) as he serves as the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of All Nations(ADAN)
Our Bishop’s vision and prayer is that the Holy Spirit will make it possible for us to go DEEPER with God through the Savior Jesus Christ, get CLOSER to one another, and go FURTHER in our impact in our community and the world.
The Right Reverend Dr. Felix Orji and his wife Lilian have four adult children, Cara, John, Jadon, and Justin.