The Anglican Province of Kwara is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of 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 ...
. It comprises 7 dioceses. The Archbishop of the Province of Kwara and Bishop of New Bussa is
Israel Amoo.
The dioceses are (2021):
*
Igbomina
The Ìgbómìnà (also colloquially Igboona or Ogboona) are a subgroup of the Yoruba ethnic group, which originates from the north central and southwest Nigeria.
They speak a dialect also called Ìgbómìnà or Igbonna, classified among the Cent ...
(Bishop:
Emmanuel Adekola)
*
Igbomina-West (Bishop:
Olajide Adebayo
Olajide Adebayo is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria; he is Bishop of Igbomina-West, one of eight in the Anglican Province of Kwara, itself one of 14 within the Church of Nigeria
The Church of Nigeria is the Anglican church in Nigeria. It is the s ...
)
*
Jebba
Jebba town is a Yoruba and Nupe city in Kwara State, Nigeria. It has views of the River Niger and has an estimated population of 22,411 as of 2007. The name of the king of Jebba is Oba Abdulkadir Adebara.
Gallery
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(Bishop:
Oluwaseun A. Aderogba)
*Kwara (Bishop:
S. T. G. Adewole; first bishop,
Herbert Haruna, consecrated 27 October 1974, Ibadan)
[Samuel Gambo Kwashang, "The Anglican Church in Northern Nigeria under the episcopacy of Bishop Titus Eyiolorunsefunmi Ogbonyomi from 1976 to 1996" (June 2006]
pp. 105–106
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*New Bussa
New Bussa is a town in Niger State, Nigeria. It is the new site of Bussa after the Kainji Lake dam set the previous location underwater. As of 2007 New Bussa had an estimated population of 24,449.
New Bussa is the headquarters of the Borgu Emira ...
(Bishop: Israel Amoo)
*Offa
Offa (died 29 July 796 AD) was King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 757 until his death. The son of Thingfrith and a descendant of Eowa, Offa came to the throne after a period of civil war following the assassination of Æt ...
(Bishop: Solomon Akanbi)
*Omu-Aran
Omu-Aran the Head Post of Igbomina land, is a town in the Nigerian state of Kwara. It originated from Ife and currently the local government headquarters of Irepodun local government. Omu-Aran is about 8 kilometers away from Aran-Orin.
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(Bishop: Festus Oyetola Sobanke)
* Ekiti Kwara (Bishop: Andrew O.A. Ajayi)
Archbishops of Kwara
* Until 2017 Michael Akinyemi
* 2017 - 2019 Olusegun Adeyemi
References
External links
Anglican Province of Kwara at Anglican Communion Official Website Anglican Province of Kwara at Anglican Communion Official Website
Church of Nigeria ecclesiastical provinces
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