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Anglican Diocese Of On The Lake
The Anglican Diocese of On the Lake is one of twelve within the Anglican Province of Owerri, itself one of fourteen provinces within the Church of Nigeria: the current bishop is Chijioke Oti. Notes Church of Nigeria dioceses Dioceses of the Province of Owerri {{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] |
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 called episcopacy. Organizationally, several Christian denominations utilize ecclesiastical structures that call for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political authority. Traditionally, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles or Saint Paul. The bishops are by doctrine understood as those who possess the full priesthood given by Jesus Christ, and therefore may ordain other clergy, including other bishops. A person ordained as a deacon, priest (i.e. presbyter), and then bishop is understood to hold the fullness of the ministerial priesthood, given responsibility b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chijioke Oti
Chijioke Oti is an Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ... bishop in Nigeria: he has been Bishop of On the Lake. since 2008. Oti previously served as a parish priest at St. Andrew, Inyishi (2001 -2005) and St. Mary, Egbuoma (2005-2008). Notes Living people 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria Anglican bishops of On the Lake 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] |
