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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. In 2016 it stated that its membership was “over 18 million", [4] out of a total Nigerian population of 190 million. It is "effectively the ...
This is a list of provinces, dioceses, archbishops and bishops in the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, in 2021. The church has 14 Provinces in Nigeria, each with an Archbishop. Each Province is divided into dioceses; there were 161 dioceses in Nigeria, each with a bishop. Each Archbishop is also the bishop of one of the dioceses in his ...
Church of Nigeria Primate Peter Akinola desired "to provide a way for congregations that were alienated by the actions of the Episcopal Church to retain fellowship with the Anglican Communion." [5] Its first bishop was Martyn Minns, previously the rector of Truro Church. [5]
This is a list of the archbishops and bishops in the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, in post in 2007. [1] In 2007, the church had 10 provinces in Nigeria, each with an archbishop. Each province is divided into dioceses; there were 138 dioceses in Nigeria (and 3 external mission dioceses), each with a bishop.
2000–2018: Ephraim Ademowo. Dean Emeritus of the Church of Nigeria. Archbishop of Province One comprising all the dioceses geographically located in the Southwest and Midwest, Province 1 (Supra Diocesan Board West) of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), 2000–2002; then archbishop of its replacement province, 2002–2012. In 2008, he ...
Dean Emeritus of the Church of Nigeria. Archbishop of Province One comprising all the dioceses geographically located in the Southwest and Midwest, Province 1 (Supra Diocesan Board West) of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), 2000–2002; then archbishop of its replacement province, 2002–2012. In 2008, he was re-elected for another 5 ...
This is an alphabetical list of bishops and archbishops of the Anglican Communion, with links to articles about their dioceses or provinces where possible.. As of 2020 the Anglican Communion (as recognised by the Anglican Consultative Council) consists of 865 dioceses and 18 additional Ordinary jurisdictions (see list below) giving a total of 883 bishops; this total includes 77 archbishops (or ...
The Anglican Diocese of Abuja [1] is one of 13 within the Anglican Province of Abuja, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. As of March 2020 [update] , the bishop is Archbishop Henry Ndukuba , [ 2 ] who is also Primate of the Church of Nigeria .