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Anglican Diocese Of Warri
The Anglican Diocese of Warri is one of 12 within the Anglican Province of Bendel, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The current bishop is Christian Esezi Ide. John Onyaene Dafiewhare was enthroned as the first Bishop of Warri on 28 January 1980 (Dafiewhare died in 1994). 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 Christian Esezi Ide is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria. Ide is the current Bishop of Warri. Ide was born on 21 September 21, 1959 in Benin City and educated at Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan. He was ordained in July 1997. He has served at .... Notes Dioceses of the Province of Bendel Church of Nigeria dioceses {{Nigeria-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Province Of Bendel
The Bendel Province is one of the fourteen ecclesiastical provinces of the Church of Nigeria. It comprises thirteen dioceses, each one headed by a bishop and it was created in 2002, when the current division into provinces was adopted. His headquarters are located in Asaba. The first Archbishop of the Bendel Province was Albert Agbaje, who died in 2005. He was succeeded by Nicholas Okoh, latter replaced upon his election as Primate of Nigeria by Friday John Imaekhai in 2010. In 2020 Cyril Odutemu became Archbishop of Bendel. It comprises 13 dioceses: # Akoko-Edo (14 March 2007; bishop: Jolly Ehigiator Oyekpen) # Asaba (10 August 1977; bishop: Kingsley Obuh) # Benin(3 January 1962; bishop: Peter Imasuen) # Esan (26 October 2000; bishop: Gabriel Elabor) # Etsako (14 March 2007; bishop: Bishop Felix Unuokhe Olorunfemi # Ika (14 September 2001; bishop: Godfrey Ifeanyichukwu Ekpenisi) # Ndokwa (4 June 2008; bishop: David Obiosa) # Oleh (21 December 1999; bishop: John ... [...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] |
Christian Esezi Ide
Christian Esezi Ide is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria. Ide is the current Bishop of Warri. Ide was born on 21 September 21, 1959 in Benin City and educated at Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan. He was ordained in July 1997. He has served at Igbudu, Emevorand and Abuja. He was elected Bishop of Warri during the Episcopal Synod on 28 June 2006, at All Saints Church, Wuse, Abuja Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann .... Notes Living people 1959 births People from Benin City University of Ibadan alumni Anglican bishops of Benin 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria Anglican bishops of Warri {{Nigeria-Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Onyaene Dafiewhare
John Onyaene Dafiewhare was enthroned as the first Bishop of Warri in Delta State, Nigeria, on 28 January 1980. The Diocese was inaugurated in 1976, and T. I. Akintayo was chosen as the pioneer bishop, but this met opposition from the diocese and Dafiewhare was consecrated instead by Agori Iwe, the recently retired Bishop of Benin, acting unilaterally. The problem was eventually resolved by the re-consecration of Dafiewhare by the Primate T.O. Olufosoye on 25 January 1980. Dafiewhare died in 1994. References 1994 deaths Anglican bishops of Warri 20th-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria Nigerian Anglicans Year of birth missing {{Nigeria-Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Enuku
This is a list of the Archbishops and Bishops in the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, in post in 2000. In 2000, the church had 3 Provinces in Nigeria, each with an Archbishop. Each Province is divided into dioceses; there were 76 dioceses in Nigeria, each with a bishop. Each Archbishop is also the bishop of one of the dioceses in his Province. The pre-eminent Archbishop, The Primate of All Nigeria, is chosen from the Archbishops, and becomes Bishop of Abuja. The Primate in 2000 was Peter Akinola, who served from 2000 to 2010. Archbishops # Ephraim Adebola Ademowo was the Anglican Archbishop of Province One in 2000. #Jonathan Onyemelukwe was the Anglican Archbishop of Province Two in 2000. #Peter Akinola was the Anglican Archbishop of Province Three in 2000. Bishops of Dioceses # Samuel Adedayo Abe was the Anglican Bishop of Ekiti in Province One of the Church of Nigeria in 2000. # Peter Awelewa Adebiyi was the Anglican Bishop of Lagos West in Province One of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dioceses Of The Province Of Bendel
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the diocese (Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan. Churches began to organize themselves into dioceses based on the civil dioceses, not on the larger regional imperial districts. These dioceses were often smaller than the provinces. Christianity was declared the Empire's official religion by Theodosius I in 380. Constantine I in 318 gave litigants the right to have court cases transferred from the civil courts to the bishops. This situation must have hardly survived Julian, 361–363. Episcopal courts are not heard of again in the East until 398 and in the West in 408. The quality of these courts was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
