REV. PETER DAMIAN AKPUNONU, S.S.L., S.T.D.,

Professor, Department  of  Biblical Exegesis and Proclamation

S.S.L., Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome; S.T.D., Pontifical Urban University, Rome.  Former Associate Pastor 1966-67; taught at Bigard Memorial Seminary Enugu, Nigeria 1971-1978; and Rector of the same 1979-1989; President of Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt, Nigeria 1989-1997.  Author of: The Vine, Israel and the Church and The Overture of the Book of Consolations (Isa 40: 1-11). Contributor to Bigard Studies and CIWA Studies.  Member of the International Theological Commission, Vatican City. Member of Catholic Biblical Association of America, Conference of Catholic Theological Institutions, Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians.