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Anglican Diocese Of Owerri
The Anglican Diocese of Owerri is one of 12 within the 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) *Mbai ..., itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The current bishop is Chukwuma Oparah. Notes Church of Nigeria dioceses Dioceses of the Province of Owerri {{Nigeria-stub ...
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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 (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 ...< ...
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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 ...
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Chukwuma Oparah
Chukwuma Chinekezi Oparah is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria. Oparah is the current Bishop of Owerri. He was born on 26 October 1969 in Dimoma Obuzi, Amankuta Mbieri in   Mbaitoli, Imo State. He has a PhD in Biblical Studies and an MA in Religious Studies from the University of Uyo and a BA from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, a Diploma in Theology from Trinity (Union) Theological College, Umuahia and a Bachelor’s Degree in Theology from Trinity College of Ministerial Arts, Aba ABA may refer to: Businesses and organizations Broadcasting * Alabama Broadcasters Association, United States * Asahi Broadcasting Aomori, Japanese television station * Australian Broadcasting Authority Education * Académie des Beaux- .... He was Archdeacon of Ibeama Ogwa Archdeaconry until he was elected Bishop of Owerri on 18 September 2018 at the Cathedral Church of St. Peter's, Minna, Diocese of Minna, Niger State. Notes 1969 births Anglican bishops of Owerri 21s ...
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Church Of Nigeria Dioceses
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