Funeral Eucharist for The Right Reverend Dr Woyin Karowei Dorgu

Join us for the funeral Eucharist for The Right Reverend Dr Woyin Karowei Dorgu, Bishop of Woolwich who passed away peacefully on Friday 8 September.

Please be seated for 11.50am.

For those of you who can't be at the Cathedral for this service we will be livestreaming via the Cathedral YouTube channel

Bishop Christopher Chessun, Bishop of Southwark commends the following prayer, written by the Very Revd Andrew Nunn, Dean Emeritus of Southwark.

Loving God,

who brings us to birth, holds us in life

and takes us through death to new life in you;

embrace our brother Karowei,

your child and servant, our brother and bishop,

who has died in you and lives for your eternity.

Comfort his family, especially Mosun, Timi and his twin sister Collette;

hold us in our grief

and give us thankful hearts

that we have known and loved

one who followed you

with humble thankfulness

and a generous spirit

and showed us the pilgrim path to heaven

which he now treads with Jesus Christ,

your risen Son, Our Lord.

Amen.

Bishop Karowei was ordained Deacon in 1995 and Priest in 1996. His curacy was at St Mark, Tollington Park, followed by, in 1998, building the community of faith at St John, Upper Holloway, before being consecrated Bishop of Woolwich in 2017.

Born and brought up in Nigeria, Bishop Karowei worked as a medical doctor before ordination. He studied theology (BA Hons) at London Bible College. He trained for ordained ministry at Oak Hill College, Southgate, and undertook his postgraduate theological research for MA Missiology at All Nations College, Ware. He was always keen to share the good news of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. He had a deep concern for mission and regularly led open-air evangelism in his parish which saw his church grow remarkably.

Bishop Karowei also had a keen interest in training candidates for lay and ordained ministry, offering his expertise as a tutor on a number of training programmes. He was for many years Assistant Director of Post Ordination Training in the Stepney Area. Prior to his appointment as Bishop of Woolwich, he was a Prebendary of St Paul’s Cathedral.

Bishop Karowei is survived by Mosun, a Consultant Child Psychiatrist, their adult son Timi and his twin sister Collette.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Southwark Cathedral, Southwark Cathedral, London, United Kingdom