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Anglican Diocese Of Lagos
The Anglican Diocese of Lagos is one of 13 dioceses within the Anglican Province of Lagos, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The current bishop is Humphrey Bamisebi Olumakaiye who succeeded Ephraim Ademowo. History 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-inspired founding of the West African Mission in the same year. There was also the Niger Expedition of 1841 which was a response by both the Church Missionary Society and Wesleyan Missionary Society to evangelise newly freed slaves in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Henry Townsend (missionary), Henry Townsend of the CMS and Birch Freeman of the Wesleyan Missionary Society made exploratory visits to Badagry in 1842, giving a joint service of Eucharist and thanksgivi ... [...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] |
Henry Johnson (priest)
Henry Johnson was Archdeacon of The Upper Niger from 1878 to 1891. Johnson was born in 1840 as an Omoba of the Oyo people. He trained for the priesthood at Church Missionary Society College, Islington. He was ordained deacon at St. George's Cathedral, Sierra Leone in 1866, and priest in 1867. Johnson served at Fourah Bay, Sherbro and Lokoja. He was appointed an honorary M.A. of Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ... in 1886. Johnson died in 1901. References 1840 births 1901 deaths Archdeacons of the Niger People associated with the University of Cambridge Saro people Yoruba Christian clergy 19th-century Nigerian Anglican priests 20th-century Nigerian Anglican priests People of colonial Nigeria Alumni of the Church Missionary Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaduna State
Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in the country as at 2006. Created in 1967 as North-Central State, which also encompassed the modern Katsina State, Kaduna State achieved its current borders in 1987. The fourth largest and third most populous state in the country, Kaduna State is nicknamed the ''Centre of Learning'', owing to the presence of numerous educational institutions of importance within the state such as Ahmadu Bello University. Modern Kaduna State is home to the sites of some of Africa's oldest civilizations, including the Nok civilization that prospered from to .Breunig, Peter. 2014. Nok: African Sculpture in Archaeological Context: p. 21.Fagg, Bernard. 1969. Recent work in west Africa: New light on the Nok culture. World Archaeology 1(1): 41–50. In the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibadan
Ibadan (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and over 6 million people within its metropolitan area. It is the country's largest city by geographical area. At the time of Nigeria's independence in 1960, Ibadan was the largest and most populous city in the country, and the second most populous in Africa behind Cairo. Ibadan is ranked the second fastest growing city on the African continent according to the UN Human settlements research program (2022), It is also ranked third in West Africa in the tech startups index. Ibadan joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2016. Ibadan is located in south-western Nigeria, inland northeast of Lagos and southwest of Abuja, the federal capital. It is a prominent transit point between the coastal region and areas in the hinterland of the country. Ibadan had been the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niger Delta
The Niger Delta is the delta of the Niger River sitting directly on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria. It is located within nine coastal southern Nigerian states, which include: all six states from the South South geopolitical zone, one state (Ondo) from South West geopolitical zone and two states (Abia and Imo) from South East geopolitical zone. The Niger Delta is a very densely populated region sometimes called the Oil Rivers because it was once a major producer of palm oil. The area was the British Oil Rivers Protectorate from 1885 until 1893, when it was expanded and became the Niger Coast Protectorate. The delta is a petroleum-rich region and has been the center of international concern over pollution that has resulted principally from major oil spills of multinational corporations of the petroleum industry. Geography The Niger Delta, as now defined officially by the Nigerian government, extends over about and makes up 7.5% of Nigeria's land mass. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of West Africa
The Church of the Province of West Africa is a province of the Anglican Communion, covering 17 dioceses in eight countries of West Africa, specifically in Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Ghana is the country with most dioceses, now numbering 11. History Missionary work began in Ghana in 1752. The Church of the Province of West Africa was established in 1951 by the bishops of five West African dioceses (Accra, Lagos, Niger, Sierra Leone and the Diocese of Gambia and Guinea) with the consent of the Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1977 they were joined by the Diocese of Liberia. In February 1979, the new Church of Nigeria was inaugurated as a separate province. In 1981 Sierra Leone was divided into the Diocese of Freetown and the new missionary Diocese of Bo and four new Ghanaian dioceses of Cape Coast, Koforidua, Sekondi and Sunyani/Tamale were formed. In 1985 the Gambia and Guinea diocese was partitioned into English-speaking Gambia and F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Vining
Leslie Gordon Vining (18854 March 1955) was an English Anglican bishop and the first Archbishop of the Church of the Province of West Africa, from 1951 to 1955. Life He attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge and completed his studies in 1910. He was made deacon at Michaelmas (24 September) 1911, by Handley Moule, Bishop of Durham, at Auckland Castle Chapel. He started out as an assistant curate at St. Gabriel's, Bishopwearmouth and later became chaplain to British forces during World War I. After the war, he was the Vicar of St. Alban's, Westbury Park, Bristol in 1918. He was at the post for the next 20 years. In 1938, he was migrated to Nigeria as an Assistant Bishop on the Niger succeeding Morris Gelsthorpe. He was consecrated a bishop on All Saints' Day (17 November) 1938, by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey. Vining was appointed the Bishop of Lagos in 1940 after the resignation of Melville Jones in September 1940; he returned to Engla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop 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-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melville Jones
Frank Melville Jones, CBE, was an Anglican Colonial Bishop in the first half of the 20th century. He was born in 1866, educated at the Nelson College and the University of New Zealand and ordained in 1890. After a curacy at Holy Trinity, Cheltenham he went out to be a CMS Missionary in Onitsha. He was Principal of the CMS Training College at Oyo In 1919 he became the inaugural Bishop of Lagos, a post he held until 1940. He died on 8 January 1941.''Obituaries'' The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' (f ... Saturday, Jan 11, 1941; pg. 6; Issue 48821; col D Notes Anglican bishops of Lagos 20th-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria People educated at Nelson College University of New Zealand alumni Commanders of the Order of the British Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Diocese On The Niger
The Anglican Diocese on the Niger is the mother diocese (oldest diocese) of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). It is one of 10 Anglican dioceses in the Anglican Province of the Niger within the Church of Nigeria. The diocese was created in 1864 as the Diocese of Western Equatorial Africa. In 1920 the Diocese of Equatorial West Africa was divided into two: an eastern part (the continuing Diocese, now named the Diocese on the Niger) and a western part (a new Diocese, named the Diocese of Lagos). A part of the Diocese on the Niger was subsequently carved out in 1946 to create the Niger Delta Diocese. Originally part of Province Two of the Church of Nigeria when the church was divided into three provinces in 1997, Diocese on the Niger became a diocese in the Province of Niger when the Church was reorganised in 2002. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Ozala, Onitsha. Started in 1949, the completed cathedral was dedicated for worship on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Tugwell
Herbert Tugwell (15 March 1854 – 22 July 1936) was a colonial Anglican bishop in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ordained priest the following year; Tugwell was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and ordained in 1881. He was Curate of St Mary, Petworth and then a Church Mission Society (CMS) missionary in Lagos. In 1894 he was appointed to the episcopate as Bishop of Western Equatorial Africa. The CMS decided to create two assistant bishops to help with the workload of the large diocese and to assuage African opinion. James Johnson, although the most prominent clergyman in the colony, was considered unsafe. Instead the more conservative Charles Phillips of Ondo was appointed, along with Isaac Oluwole, a former principal of the CMS Grammar School, Lagos. When the Western Equatorial Africa diocese was split in 1919, Tugwell became the inaugural Bishop on the Niger. He returned to England in 1921 and served as Rect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolphus Howells
Adolphus Williamson Howells (9 August 1866 - 3 December 1938) was a Nigerian clergyman and an Anglican bishop in the 20th century. He became the first African vicar of the Pro-Cathedral Christ Church, Lagos in 1919. Early life Howells was born on 9 August 1866 in Abeokuta. Education Howells attended Ake School, Abeokuta before entering the CMS Training Institute in Lagos. He then went to study at Fourah Bay College, Freetown in 1891 and later at Durham University in England. Career Howells began his career as a teacher at a mission school in Badagry, where he worked for one year from 1886 and was posted to Saint Paul's School (Breadfruit Street) in 1887. After returning to Lagos from England in 1894, he was appointed tutor at the CMS Grammar School, Lagos. Adolphus Howells was made deacon in 1897 and ordained priest two years later. He became curate of Christ Church Pro-Cathedral, Lagos in 1900 and later pastor of Saint John's Parish Aroloya where he served from 1902 before his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
