Valerian Okeke is the catholic archbishop of Archdiocese of Onitsha and Metropolitan of Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province, Onitsha, Nigeria.
He was born in Umudioka, Anambra State on 20 October 1953 and ordained to the priesthood on 11 July 1981 by cardinal Francis Arinze, then archbishop.
After his ordination, he worked as a parish vicar at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Onitsha under Emmanuel Otteh.
Okeke later served as a parish priest of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows 'Parish, Umuoji (1983- 1986).
He served as the rector of the provincial Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu, before he was appointed the co-adjutor archbishop of Onitsha by pope John Paul II on 28 November 2001.
He was consecrated co-adjutor archbishop on 9 February 2002 by archbishop Osvaldo Padilla.