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Anglican Province Of Owerri
The Anglican Province of Owerri is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the Church of Nigeria. It comprises 12 dioceses: * Okigwe South (Bishop: David Onuoha) *Owerri (Bishop: Chukwuma Oparah) * Orlu (Bishop: Benjamin Chinedum Okeke) *Mbaise (Bishop: Chamberlain Chinedu Ogunedo) * Isi Mbano (Bishop: Godson Udochukwu Ukanwa) * Ideato (Bishop: Henry Okeke) *Egbu (Bishop: Geoffrey Okoroafor) *Ohaji/Egbema (Bishop: Chidi Collins Oparaojiaku) * On the Lake (Bishop: Chijioke Oti) * Oru (Bishop: Geoffrey Chukwunenye) *Okigwe (Bishop: Edward Osuegbu) *Ikeduru Ikeduru Local Government Area (LGA) is located in the western part of Imo State, in southern Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic o ... (Bishop: Emmanuel Maduwike) Archbishops of the Province * Bennett Okoro, Bishop of Orlu (re-elected 2007) *2020–present: David Onuoha, Bishop of Okigwe [...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] |