The Anglican Diocese of Mbaise 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 diocese was inaugurated on 30 November 1992, the inaugural bishop being
Cyril Chukwuka Anyanwu
Cyril Chukwuka Anyanwu was an Anglican bishop in Nigeria.
Ogunedo was educated at and ordained
Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are th ...
who died in 1999,
and was succeeded by
Bright Joseph Egemasi Ogu. The current bishop is
Chamberlain Chinedu Ogunedo,
World Anglican
/ref> who was consecrated Bishop on 21 February 2010.
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Church of Nigeria dioceses
Dioceses of the Province of Owerri
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