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Anglican Diocese Of Ijebu-North
The Anglican Diocese of IIjebu-North is one of 13 within the Anglican Province of Lagos, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The current bishop is Solomon Kuponu Solomon Kuponu is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria: who is the current bishop of Ijebu-North, following Ezekiel Ayo Awosoga. Kuponu was born in Badagry, was ordained in Lagos Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria .... Notes Church of Nigeria dioceses Dioceses of the Province of Lagos {{Nigeria-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Province Of Lagos
The Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the Church of Nigeria. It comprises 13 dioceses: *Lagos (Bishop: Humphrey Bamisebi Olumakaiye) *Awori (Bishop: Akin Atere) *Badagry (Bishop: Joseph Adeyemi) * Egba (Bishop: Emmanuel Adekunle) * Egba West (Bishop: Samuel Ajani) *Ifo (Bishop: Nathaniel Oladejo Ogundipe) * Ijebu (Bishop: Peter Rotimi Oludipe) * Ijebu-North (Bishop: Solomon Kuponu) *Lagos Mainland (Bishop: Akinpelu Johnson) * Lagos West (Bishop: James Odedeji) *Remo (Bishop: Michael Fape) *Yewa, formerly Egbado (Bishop: Michael Adebayo Oluwarohunbi) * Ijebu Southwest (Bishop: Babatunde Ogunbanwo) History of the Anglican church in Lagos The evangelical movements of the 18th century gave rise to many missionary societies such as that of the Baptist (1792), "the joint efforts" (1795) and Church Missionary Society — CMS (1799). Closely related to them was the birth of the British and Foreign Bible Society (1804) and the CMS-ins ... [...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] |
Solomon Kuponu
Solomon Kuponu is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria: who is the current bishop of Ijebu-North, following Ezekiel Ayo Awosoga. Kuponu was born in Badagry, was ordained in Lagos Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria until December 1991 fo ... in September 1983, and consecrated bishop on September 11, 2005. Notes Living people Anglican bishops of Ijebu-North 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria People from Lagos State Year of birth missing (living people) {{Nigeria-Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Nigeria Dioceses
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