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Church Of The Province Of West Africa
The Church of the Province of West Africa is a province of the Anglican Communion, covering 17 dioceses in eight countries of West Africa, specifically in Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Ghana is the country with most dioceses, now numbering 11. History Missionary work began in Ghana in 1752. The Church of the Province of West Africa was established in 1951 by the bishops of five West African dioceses (Accra, Lagos, Niger, Sierra Leone and the Diocese of Gambia and Guinea) with the consent of the Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1977 they were joined by the Diocese of Liberia. In February 1979, the new Church of Nigeria was inaugurated as a separate province. In 1981 Sierra Leone was divided into the Diocese of Freetown and the new missionary Diocese of Bo and four new Ghanaian dioceses of Cape Coast, Koforidua, Sekondi and Sunyani/Tamale were formed. In 1985 the Gambia and Guinea diocese was partitioned into English-speaking Gambia and F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protestant
Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to be growing Criticism of the Catholic Church, errors, abuses, and discrepancies within it. Protestantism emphasizes the Christian believer's justification by God in faith alone (') rather than by a combination of faith with good works as in Catholicism; the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by Grace in Christianity, divine grace or "unmerited favor" only ('); the Universal priesthood, priesthood of all faithful believers in the Church; and the ''sola scriptura'' ("scripture alone") that posits the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice. Most Protestants, with the exception of Anglo-Papalism, reject the Catholic doctrine of papal supremacy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the diocese (Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan. Churches began to organize themselves into dioceses based on the civil dioceses, not on the larger regional imperial districts. These dioceses were often smaller than the provinces. Christianity was declared the Empire's official religion by Theodosius I in 380. Constantine I in 318 gave litigants the right to have court cases transferred from the civil courts to the bishops. This situation must have hardly survived Julian, 361–363. Episcopal courts are not heard of again in the East until 398 and in the West in 408. The quality of these cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Okine
Robert Garshong Allotey Okine (born 12 July 1937) is a former Ghanaian Anglican bishop. He was Bishop of Koforidua and Archbishop of West Africa.''Who Was Who'' Education and career Okine was educated at Anglican Church schools in the Gold Coast and Gambia, the Methodist Boys' High School in Bathurst, The Gambia, and Adisadel College, Ghana. He was ordained deacon in 1964 and priest in 1965. Crockford's Clerical Directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 He was an Assistant Curate at St Andrew's, Sekondi then Chaplain at his Adisadel College. He held incumbencies at St James, Agona Swedru, Bishop Aglionby Memorial Parish, Tamale; St George's, London, Ontario; Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Nashville; and Christ Church Parish, Cape Coast before being appointed Headmaster of the Academy of Christ the King in 1976. Later he was Principal of St Nicholas Theological College and Archdeacon of Koforidua before being elevated to the episcopate as Bishop A bishop is an ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Accra
The Anglican Diocese of Accra is a diocese of the Church of the Province of West Africa, a member church of the Anglican Communion. It was founded in 1909 by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The cathedral of the diocese is Holy Trinity Cathedral in Accra, Ghana. The Anglican Diocese of Accra (ADOA) is the oldest in the Internal Province of Ghana, and in terms of clergy and churches, is Ghana's largest diocese. The diocese is made up of over one hundred parishes, congregations and missions with over 120 clergy, both male and female. The diocese is organized under five clusters namely the Deanery, Accra East Archdeaconry, Accra West Archdeaconry, Accra North Archdeaconry, Accra North-East Archdeaconry and the Tema Archdeaconry. The diocese was carved out of the Diocese of Equatorial Africa in 1909 after some two centuries of missionary work in the then Gold Coast. In response to that growth, and in consonance with the Anglican polity of "Synodically Governed and Episcopally led" the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishmael Mills Le-Maire
Ishmael Samuel Mills Le-Maire (August 29, 1912 – 1984) was the first Ghanaian Bishop of Accra from 1968 to 1982. Ordained in 1936,'' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 he was Canon of Accra and Archdeacon of Sekondi from 1960 until 1963 when he was elevated to the episcopate 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 ... as an assistant bishop. He was Archbishop of the Church of the Province of West Africa from 1981 to 1982. References 1912 births 1984 deaths Ghanaian Anglicans Anglican archdeacons in Africa Anglican bishops of Accra 20th-century Anglican archbishops Anglican archbishops of West Africa {{Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses Scott
Moses Nathanael Christopher Omobiala Scott CBE (18 August 1911 – 9 May 1988) was an Anglican bishop, a Bishop of Sierra Leone who later became Archbishop of the Province of West Africa. Born on 18 August 1911 and educated at a CMS Grammar School and Fourah Bay College in Sierra Leone he was ordained in 1946. He was a Curate at Lunsar then Priest in charge at Makeni. In 1950 he came to study at St John's College, Nottingham and after that was a Curate at Grappenhall, Cheshire from 1951 to 1953 and then the incumbent at Bo in his home country. Later he was Archdeacon of Bonthe before appointment to the episcopate. In 1969 he became the province's primate, retiring in 1981. During the 1978 Lambeth Conference, on 1 August, Scott preached at a service of Festal Evensong in Westminster Abbey in London. He died on 9 May 1988. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black A & C Black is a British book publishing company, owned since 2002 by Bloomsbury Publishing. The compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop On The Niger
The Anglican Diocese on the Niger is the mother diocese (oldest diocese) of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). It is one of 10 Anglican dioceses in the Anglican Province of the Niger within the Church of Nigeria. The diocese was created in 1864 as the Diocese of Western Equatorial Africa. In 1920 the Diocese of Equatorial West Africa was divided into two: an eastern part (the continuing Diocese, now named the Diocese on the Niger) and a western part (a new Diocese, named the Diocese of Lagos). A part of the Diocese on the Niger was subsequently carved out in 1946 to create the Niger Delta Diocese. Originally part of Province Two of the Church of Nigeria when the church was divided into three provinces in 1997, Diocese on the Niger became a diocese in the Province of Niger when the Church was reorganised in 2002. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Ozala, Onitsha. Started in 1949, the completed cathedral was dedicated for worship on 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Patterson (bishop)
Cecil John Patterson (9 January 190811 April 1992) was an Anglican bishop in the mid part of the 20th century. He was born in London, educated at St Paul's and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He trained for ordination at Bishops' College, Cheshunt and was ordained deacon in 1931 and priest in 1932. He was a Curate at Holy Innocents, Kingsbury (1931–34) and then a Missionary in south Nigeria before his appointment to the episcopate as Assistant Bishop (1942) then Bishop on the Niger (1945). He was ordained and consecrated a bishop by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral, on Candlemas (2 February) 1942. In 1961 he became Archbishop of the Church of the Province of West Africa. He retired in 1969 and his grave is in Richmond Cemetery. He had become a Doctor of Divinity A Doctor of Divinity (D.D. or DDiv; la, Doctor Divinitatis) is the holder of an advanced academic degree in divinity. In the United Kingdom, it is considered an advanced doctoral d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Horstead
James Lawrence Cecil Horstead CMG, CBE (16 February 1898 - 9 June 1989) was an Anglican bishop of Sierra Leone who later became Archbishop of West Africa. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and (after World War I service) Durham University. Horstead was President of the Durham Union for Easter term of 1921. He was ordained in 1924 and began his career with a curacy at St Margaret's Church, Durham. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941 Emigrating to Africa he was Principal of Fourah Bay College until 1936 when he was elevated to the episcopate. In 1955 he became the Province's Primate, retiring in 1961. He was Rector of Appleby Magna until 1968 and an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Leicester The Diocese of Leicester is a Church of England diocese based in Leicester and including the current county of Leicestershire. The cathedral is Leicester Cathedral, where the Bishop of Leicester has his episcopal chair. The diocese is divided int ... until 1976. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Vining
Leslie Gordon Vining (18854 March 1955) was an English Anglican bishop and the first Archbishop of the Church of the Province of West Africa, from 1951 to 1955. Life He attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge and completed his studies in 1910. He was made deacon at Michaelmas (24 September) 1911, by Handley Moule, Bishop of Durham, at Auckland Castle Chapel. He started out as an assistant curate at St. Gabriel's, Bishopwearmouth and later became chaplain to British forces during World War I. After the war, he was the Vicar of St. Alban's, Westbury Park, Bristol in 1918. He was at the post for the next 20 years. In 1938, he was migrated to Nigeria as an Assistant Bishop on the Niger succeeding Morris Gelsthorpe. He was consecrated a bishop on All Saints' Day (17 November) 1938, by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey. Vining was appointed the Bishop of Lagos in 1940 after the resignation of Melville Jones in September 1940; he returned to Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal See
An episcopal see is, in a practical use of the phrase, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, making it synonymous with ''diocese''. The word ''see'' is derived from Latin ''sedes'', which in its original or proper sense denotes the seat or chair that, in the case of a bishop, is the earliest symbol of the bishop's authority. This symbolic chair is also known as the bishop's '' cathedra''. The church in which it is placed is for that reason called the bishop's cathedral, from Latin ''ecclesia cathedralis'', meaning the church of the ''cathedra''. The word ''throne'' is also used, especially in the Eastern Orthodox Church, both for the chair and for the area of ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The term "see" is also used of the town where the cathedral or the bishop's residence is located. Catholic Church Within Catholicism, each dio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
