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Anglican Diocese Of Okigwe South
The Anglican Diocese of Okigwe South is one of twelve within the Anglican Province of Owerri, itself one of fourteen provinces within the Church of Nigeria. It was inaugurated on January 8, 1994, out of the Diocese of Okigwe-Orlu as the 44th Diocese of the country. The Bishop was Bennett Okoro. The Diocese started with 10 Priest, 8 parishes, 48 church stations and 5 archdeaconries: there are now 9 Archdeaconries Caleb Maduoma became its second Bishop in 2004. The current bishop is David Onuoha, who in July 2020 was elected Archbishop of Owerri. The Diocese on creation had one mission school; it now has 6. Notes Church of Nigeria dioceses Dioceses of the Province of Owerri 1994 establishments in Nigeria {{Nigeria-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (Bishop: Emmanuel Maduwike) Archbishops of the Province * Bennett Okoro, Bishop of Orlu (re-elected 2007) *2020–present: David Onuoha, Bishop of Okigwe 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 ... [...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] |
Bennett Okoro
Bennett C I Okoro is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria. He was born on the 24th of November 1949 in Imo State. Okoro was educated at Union Secondary School, Enugu, the American College and Seminary in Manhattan, New York and the Lincoln University. He was ordained in 1976. He was chaplain to the Federal Teachers College, Lokoja then Vicar of Christ Church, Lokoja. He began working in the Diocese of Orlu in 1984. He was appointed Canon Residentiary of St. Paul's Cathedral Nkwerre. In 1988, he became Archdeacon of Etiti. He was elected Bishop of Okigwe South in 1993, and was later translated to Orlu. He became Archbishop of Owerri in 2002, serving until 2013. Okoro was consecrated as the pioneer Bishop of Okigwe South on 16 January 1994 at St. Michael's Cathedral Aba ABA may refer to: Businesses and organizations Broadcasting * Alabama Broadcasters Association, United States * Asahi Broadcasting Aomori, Japanese television station * Australian Broadcasting Authority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caleb Maduoma
Caleb Anny Maduoma (22 September 1950 – 29 April 2021) was an Anglican bishop in Nigeria. Maduoma was the Bishop of Ideato and archbishop of the Province of Owerri until his retirement in late 2020. He was consecrated as Bishop of Ideato on 25 July 2004 at the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Abuja, having previously been Bishop of Okigwe South The Anglican Diocese of Okigwe South is one of twelve within the Anglican Province of Owerri, itself one of fourteen provinces within the Church of Nigeria. It was inaugurated on January 8, 1994, out of the Diocese of Okigwe-Orlu as the 44th Dioc .... He became Archbishop of Owerri Province on 19 January 2013, until his death on 29 April 2021. Notes 1950 births 2021 deaths Anglican bishops of Ideato 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria 21st-century Anglican archbishops Anglican archbishops of Owerri Anglican bishops of Okigwe South {{Nigeria-Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Onuoha
David Onuoha is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria. Onuoha is the current Bishop of Okigwe South The Anglican Diocese of Okigwe South is one of twelve within the Anglican Province of Owerri, itself one of fourteen provinces within the Church of Nigeria. It was inaugurated on January 8, 1994, out of the Diocese of Okigwe-Orlu as the 44th Dioc ... and was elected Archbishop of the Province of Owerri in 2020. He was enthroned as Bishop of Okigwe South in 2004. Notes Living people Anglican bishops of Okigwe South 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria 21st-century Anglican archbishops Anglican archbishops of Owerri Year of birth missing (living people) {{Nigeria-Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...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 Owerri
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 co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
