John Onyaene Dafiewhare was enthroned as the first Bishop of Warri on 28 January 1980[4] (Dafiewhare died in 1994[5]). Nathaniel Enuku took over the see from April 1992 until March 2003, and was followed in 2006, after a hiatus of 3 years, by Christian Esezi Ide.[6]