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Anglican Diocese Of Ife
The Anglican Diocese of Ife is one of 17 within the Anglican Province of Ibadan, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The current bishop is Olubunmi Akinlade. The Ife District Church Council were inaugurated in 1903 by the Rt. Revd. Charles Phillips, Assistant Bishop of Lagos stationed at Ondo Ondo may refer to: Japan * Ondo, Hiroshima * Ondo (music), a style of folk music * ''Ondo'' class oiler, ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy Nigeria * Ondo City * Ondo State * Roman Catholic Diocese of Ondo * Ondo Kingdom (c. 1510–1899) People .... In 1919 all the Anglican Churches in Ife Divisions were created into Ife District Church Council by Bishop Phillips. Notes Church of Nigeria dioceses Dioceses of the Province of Ibadan {{Nigeria-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Province Of Ibadan
The Ibadan Province is an ecclesiastical province of the Church of Nigeria. It was created when the division into ecclesiastical provinces was adopted in 2002, and it comprises 19 dioceses, 117 archdeaconries and 623 parishes. It comprised the following 19 dioceses in 2008: * Ajayi Crowther (11 March 2007; bishop: Olugbenga Olukemi Oduntan) * Ekiti Kwara (26 May 2008; bishop: Andrew Ajayi) * Ibadan (founded 25 January 1952, from the Diocese of Lagos; bishop: Joseph Akinfenwa) * Ibadan North (14 December 1998; bishop: Segun Okubadejo) * Ibadan South (13 July 1999; bishop: Jacob Ajetunmobi) * Ife (4 November 1990; bishop: Olubunmi Akinlade) * Ife East (28 May 2008; bishop: Rufus Okeremi) * Igbomina (14 July 1999; bishop: Michael Akinyemi) * Ilesa (2 November 1974; bishop: Samuel Sowole) * Jebba (25 May 2008; bishop: Oluwaseun Adeyinka Aderogba) * Kwara (1 November 1974; bishop: Olusegun Adeyemi) * New Bussa (9 March 2007; bishop: Israel Amoo) * Offa (14 July 1999; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Nigeria
The Church of Nigeria is the Anglicanism, Anglican Church body, church in Nigeria. It is the second-largest Province (Anglican), province in the Anglican Communion, as measured by baptised membership (not by attendance), after the Church of England. it gives its membership as "over 18 million", out of a total Nigerian population of 190 million. It is "effectively the largest province in the Communion." As measured by active membership, the Church of Nigeria has nearly 2 million active baptised members. According to a study published by ''Cambridge University Press'' in the ''Journal of Anglican Studies'', there are between 4.94 and 11.74 million Anglicans in Nigeria. The Church of Nigeria is the largest Anglican province on the continent of Africa, accounting for 41.7% of Anglicans in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is "probably the first [largest within the Anglican Communion] in terms of ''active'' members." Since 2002 the Church of Nigeria has been organised into 14 ecclesias ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olubunmi Akinlade
Olubunmi Akinlade is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...: he is the current Bishop of Ife. Notes Living people Anglican bishops of Ife 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria Year of birth missing (living people) {{Nigeria-Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Phillips (bishop)
Charles Phillips was a member of the Church Mission Society (CMS) based in the Lagos Colony who became Bishop of Ondo State, Ondo. Early career Charles Phillips was the son of an Egba people, Egba Saro people, former slave also called Charles Phillips who returned from Sierra Leone to work as a catechist at Ijaye. Phillips gained his secondary education at the CMS Training Institution at Abeokuta. He was taught by G.F. Buhler, who served from 1857 to 1864. For twelve years Phillips was catechist at Breadfruit Church in Lagos. Phillips was ordained as a Native deacon on 5 March 1876, with Daniel Coker and Nathaniel Johnson (clergyman), Nathaniel Johnson. In 1873 John Hawley Glover, Captain Glover, the Governor of Lagos colony, helped to restore the deposed king of Ondo to his throne. In gratitude, the king invited the CMS to establish a mission in his city. The mission was opened two years later. In January 1877 Phillips took charge as pastor at Ondo City, Ondo. Pastor Conversion o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |