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Anglican Diocese Of Oke-Osun
The Anglican Diocese of Oke-Osun is one of 17 within the Anglican Province of Ibadan, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The Bishop Emeritus is Abraham Akinlalu who was succeeded by Foluso Taiwo in 2019. Taiwo died in November 2020, and was succeeded by Oluwagbemiro Fabuluje, elected in January 2021. 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] |
Abraham Akinlalu
Abraham Akinlalu is a former Anglican bishop in Nigeria. He is Bishop Emeritus of the Anglican Diocese of Oke-Osun The Anglican Diocese of Oke-Osun is one of 17 within the Anglican Province of Ibadan, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The Bishop Emeritus is Abraham Akinlalu who was succeeded by Foluso Taiwo in 2019. Taiwo died in Nov ...; he retired in 2019. He was elected as Bishop of Oke-Osun in 2010 on the retirement of Bishop Fasogbon. References Living people 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria Year of birth missing (living people) Anglican bishops of Oke-Osun {{Nigeria-Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foluso Taiwo
Foluso Taiwo was an Anglican bishop in Nigeria: he was Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ... of Oke-Osun until his death in November 2020. Notes 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria Year of birth missing Anglican bishops of Oke-Osun 2020 deaths {{Nigeria-Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oluwagbemiro Fabuluje
Oluwagbemiro Fabuluje is the Anglican Bishop of Oke-Osun in Ibadan Province of the Church of Nigeria. He was elected as Bishop in January 2021. His father Jeremiah Fabuluje, who died in 2008, was Bishop of Kwara. Fabuluje graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University in 1995 and from Immanuel College, Ibadan in 1997. He became Deacon in December 1999, at the Cathedral of All Saints, Balogun Agoro, Osogbo Osogbo (also ''Oṣogbo'', rarely ''Oshogbo'') is a city in Nigeria. It became the capital city of Osun State in 1991. Osogbo city seats the Headquarters of both Osogbo Local Government Area (situated at Oke Baale Area of the city) and Olorund .... He had been Archdeacon of the Osun Diocese before becoming bishop. References Living people Anglican bishops of Oke-Osun Nigerian Anglican priests 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria Church of Nigeria archdeacons Year of birth missing (living people) Obafemi Awolowo University alumni Alumni of Immanuel Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Nigeria Dioceses
Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Christian denomination, a Christian organization with distinct doctrine and practice * Christian Church, either the collective body of all Christian believers, or early Christianity Places United Kingdom * Church (Liverpool ward), a Liverpool City Council ward * Church (Reading ward), a Reading Borough Council ward * Church (Sefton ward), a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward * Church, Lancashire, England United States * Church, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Church Lake, a lake in Minnesota Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Church magazine'', a pastoral theology magazine published by the National Pastoral Life Center Fictional entities * Church (''Red vs. Blue''), a fictional character in the video web series ''Red vs. Blue'' * Churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dioceses Of The Province Of Ibadan
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] |
