Valerian Maduka Okeke

**Valerian Maduka Okeke,** (an haife ta ranar 20 ga watan Oktoban shekara ta 1953). Firist ce ta Najeriya wacce ke aiki a matsayin Archbishop na Katolika Archdiocese a Onitsha, kuma Metropolitan na Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province. An haife ta a Umudioka, Jihar Anambra kuma firist Francis Arinze, wanda a lokacin shine Akbishop na Onitsha ya nada ta matsayin firist a ranar 11 ga Yulin 1981. Bayan nadin nata, ta yi aiki a matsayin limamin coci a Holy Trinity Cathedral, Onitsha, karkashin Emmanuel Otteh. Valerian Okeke daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin firist na Ikklesiya na Uwargidan Bakwai Bakwai, Umuoji  shekara ta( 

1983-  1986).

Ta yi aiki a matsayin Rector na makarantar hauza ta lardin, Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu, kafin Paparoma John Paul na II ya nada shi co-adjutor Archbishop of Onitsha, a ranar 28 ga watan Nuwamban 2001. An tsarkake Co-adjutor Archbishop a ranar 9 ga Fabrairun 2002, ta Archbishop Osvaldo Padilla.

## Ayyuka
Tun daga lokacin da aka nada ta, Okeke ta yi aiki a kwamitoci daban -daban na Babban Taron Bishop na Katolika na Najeriya, kuma a matsayin shugaban sashin Harkokin Makiyaya, Sakatariyar Katolika ta Najeriya a 2017. A halin yanzu, ita ce shugaban kwamitin Taro na Bishop na Katolika kan Seminaries.

Ta kula da karuwar adadin majami'u a Archdiocese na Onitsha daga 70 zuwa 183 sama da shekaru 15. Ta ga sadaukar da majami'u da yawa a cikin archdiocese. Yana da firistoci akan lamuni ga diocese na Belleville, Illinois. Abokan huldarta sun kai ga Al'ummar Igbo a Ozone Park, Queens, New York, inda ya zana sama da 400 mafi yawan 'yan Igbo don hidimar tabbatarwa.

Okeke da kanta tana ziyartar gidajen yarin Onitsha sau uku a kowace shekara. Ta hanyar Archbishop Valerian Okeke Foundation (AVOF) yana iya tura matasa jakadu masu kyakkyawar niyya zuwa ƙasashe kamar Ghana. Tana da hazakar raya matasa da hazaƙar kiɗa ta hanyar makarantar sa ta kaɗe -kaɗe. Sonsa ga matasa yana haifar da gina ƙauyen matasa na Holy Family kusa da Jami'ar tarayya ta Nnamdi Azikiwe ta Awka. Manufar ita ce samar da yanayi mai natsuwa don karatu a kusa da Jami'a inda kuma za a samar da matasa cikin ɗabi'un ɗabi'a da ƙa'idodi don zama membobin Coci da Al'umma masu inganci.

Archbishop Valerian ya ƙarfafa gwamnatin jihar da ta mayar da makarantun mishan a jihar Anambra zuwa coci. Lokacin da gwamnatin Peter Obi -led gwamnatin ta dawo da Makarantun Akbishop Valerian ta jagoranci babban aikin sake ginawa da gyaran makarantun Mishan wanda gwamnatin soja ta kwace daga Cocin bayan yakin basasa. Ta ƙaddamar da manufofi don samun cikakkiyar daidaiton mutum. Waɗannan manufofin sun haɗa da horar da malamai, horar da Firistoci a matsayin ƙwararru a fannonin ilimi, gasar ilimin makaranta, sake gabatar da firistoci a matsayin manaja/shugabanni zuwa makarantun sakandare da ingantaccen ilimin addini. Waɗannan gyare -gyaren da ba a taɓa yin irin su ba a Makarantun Jakadancin da ke ƙarƙashin kulawarsa sun haifar da makarantun Ofishin Jakadancin da suka lashe lambobin yabo a gasa ta gida, ta ƙasa da ta duniya.

## Littafai
Yanayi da asalin cocin Mahangar tauhidin Najeriya, Nsukka (2002). 

Kirista shaida : kasidu don tunawa da Archbishop Stephen Nweke Ezeanya, tare da Valerian Maduka. Enugu: Delta Publications (2003). 

Ku tafi, ku almajirtar da dukkan al'ummai . Enugu: Snaap Press (2006) 

Tunanin jubili na Bigard Diamond . Nsukka: Fulladu (2000). 

Haruffa Fasto.

1.Don su sami rayuwa (2004)

2.Auna soyayya (2005)

G Gdonmu Mai Girma (2005)

3.Idan kawai kuna da imani (2006)

4.Tafi Yi Almajirci na Duk 5.Kasashe (2006)

Kai da Kyau na gama gari (2007)

6.Iyali da rayuwar ɗan adam (2008)

7.Babbar Gadon Mu (2009)

8.Saukakar Addu'a (2010)

9.Godiya (2011)

10.Darajar Kwadago (2012)

11.Fatan Rayuwa (2013)

12.Ilimin Katolika da Ci 13.gaban Kasa (2014)

14.Dimokuradiyya da Darajojin Kirista (2015)

15.Masu Albarka ne Masu Rahama (2016)

16.Masu albarka ne Masu Zaman Lafiya (2017)

17.Maryamu Mahaifiyarmu (2018)

18.Mai Tsarki Eucharist: Ƙarfinmu (2019)

19.Harami; Taskarmu (2020).

## Manazarta