The Anglican Diocese of Gombe is one of ten within the

Anglican Province of Jos The Jos Province is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the Church of Nigeria. It was one of the original ten provinces created in 2002. It is divided into ten dioceses, 31 archdeaconries and 137 parishes. The ten dioceses of the Jos Pro ...

, itself one of 14 provinces within the

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 Englan ...

. The current bishop is

Cletus Tambari Cletus Tambari is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria. He is the current Bishop of Gombe, one of ten dioceses within the Anglican Province of Jos, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria The Church of Nigeria is the Anglicanism, Angl ...

, who replaced

Henry Ndukuba Henry Chukwudum Ndukuba (born 18 July 1961) is the current Primate of the Church of Nigeria. Prior to his appointment, he was Archbishop of Jos and Bishop of Gombe. Biography Henry Ndukuba was born in a Christian home in Anambra State. His par ...

, formerly Archbishop of Jos and now Primate of the

. The Diocese of Gombe was created as a missionary diocese and the 71st Diocese of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion. It is located in the North Eastern part of Nigeria. It was created in 1999 and now has more than a hundred churches and eight Archdeaconries.

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Church of Nigeria dioceses Dioceses of the Province of Jos {{Nigeria-stub