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Anthony Onyemuche Ekpo
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Monsignor Anthony Onyemuche Ekpo is undersecretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, a position he has held since 2023. From 2016 to 2023 he worked in the Section for General Affairs of the Vatican Secretariat of State. A native of Nigeria ordained a priest in 2011, Msgr. Ekpo holds doctorates in systematic theology (Australian Catholic University) and in canon law (Pontifical Gregorian University). He serves as an adjunct professor of the Australian Catholic University and a visiting professor of canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He has published numerous books and articles in the fields of theology and canon law, including The Breath of the Spirit and Temporal Goods of the Church (2021). His latest book, The Roman Curia: History, Theology, and Organization, was published by Georgetown University Press in 2024.