The Anglican Province of Owerri is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the
Church of Nigeria
The Church of Nigeria is the Anglican church in Nigeria. It is the second-largest 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 mi ...
. It comprises 12 dioceses:
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Okigwe South (Bishop:
David Onuoha)
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Owerri
Owerri ( , ) is the capital city of Imo State in Nigeria, set in the heart of Igboland. It is also the state's largest city, followed by Orlu, Okigwe and Ohaji/Egbema. Owerri consists of three Local Government Areas including Owerri Municipal, ...
(Bishop:
Chukwuma Oparah)
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Orlu (Bishop:
Benjamin Chinedum Okeke)
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Mbaise
Mbaise is a region in Imo State in southeastern Nigeria. In the heart of Igboland, the region includes several towns and cities. It is a group of indigenous clans, connected by intermarriage. With a population density of over 1,000 people per squ ...
(Bishop:
Chamberlain Chinedu Ogunedo)
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Isi Mbano (Bishop:
Godson Udochukwu Ukanwa)
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Ideato (Bishop:
Henry Okeke)
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Egbu
Egbu is a village in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo state in southern Nigeria, located on the Otamiri River near the city of Owerri. Egbu is among the brother clans in owerri known as "Ala Enyi" including; Ihitta Ogada, Awaka, Owerri Nch ...
(Bishop:
Geoffrey Okoroafor)
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Ohaji/Egbema
Ohaji-Egbema is an oil-rich Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is Mmahu-Egbema. Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area as presently constituted was created by the Gen. Ibrahim B. Babangida’s administration by the Augu ...
(Bishop:
Chidi Collins Oparaojiaku)
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On the Lake (Bishop:
Chijioke Oti)
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Oru (Bishop:
Geoffrey Chukwunenye)
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Okigwe
Okigwe is the third largest city in Imo state in Nigeria after Owerri and Orlu. Okigwe is located in the Okigwe Local Government Area of Nigeria. The city lies between the Port Harcourt-Enugu-Maiduguri rail line, being the nearest city to the b ...
(Bishop:
Edward Osuegbu)
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Ikeduru
Ikeduru Local Government Area (LGA) is located in the western part of Imo State, in southern Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic o ...
(Bishop:
Emmanuel Maduwike)
Archbishops of the Province
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Bennett Okoro, Bishop of Orlu (re-elected 2007)
*2020–present:
David Onuoha,
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References
Church of Nigeria ecclesiastical provinces
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