The Holy Father Benedict XVI on November 8, 2011 appointed Rev. Fr. Anselm Umoren, M.S.P, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Abuja (Nigeria) assigning him the titular see of Scampa. Until his Episcopal appointment, Fr Umoren was the Superior General of the Society of Missionaries of St. Paul (M.S.P). He was born on April 14, 1962 in Ukana Nto, Ikot Ekpene, Awka Ibom State, in the diocese of Ikot Ekpene. After primary school, he attended his secondary school at the Minor Seminary Queen of Apostles, in Afaha Obong, Abak. He became a member of the Apostolic Missionaries Society of St. Paul, he continued his studies in philosophy and theology at the National Missionary Seminary of St. Paul, Gwagwalada, Abuja. He was ordained a priest on June 18, 1988.