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The Latin and Eastern Catholic Churches comprise the world's largest Christian Church, and its largest religious grouping. In 2005, there were an estimated 19 million baptised Catholics in Nigeria. [5] In 2010 the Catholic population accounted for approximately 12.6% of the population, [6] 70% of which can be found in Southeast Nigeria ...
53,350 Christians killed since the Islamic uprising in July 2009, with 31,350 of those deaths occurring from June 2015 to May 2023. [37] The killings have been referred to as a silent genocide. [38] [39] [40] Persecution of Christians in Nigeria is pervasive and ongoing. "Christians are also routinely denied land to build churches.
Chrislam. Chrislam refers to a Christian expression of Islam, originating as an assemblage of Islamic and Christian religious practices in Nigeria; in particular, the series of religious movements that merged Muslim and Christian religious practice during the 1970s in Lagos, Nigeria. [1] The movement was pioneered by the Yoruba people in south ...
The African Church is a Christian denomination that was established in the British colonial areas that later became Nigeria in 1901. It was established after strong disagreements arose between the European leadership of the Anglican Church and the native African leadership. Following the installation of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther, a black ...
The Christian share of Nigeria's population is also now on the decline, due to a lower fertility rate relative to the Muslim population in the country. [5] Most Christians are Protestant (broadly defined), though about a quarter are Catholic. [6] [7] The majority of Nigerian Muslims are either Sunni or non-denominational Muslims.
Islamic State – West Africa Province. On 5 June 2022, a mass shooting and bomb attack occurred at a Catholic church in the city of Owo in Ondo State, Nigeria. At least 40 people were killed, with the highest estimates being around 80. [1] Some in the federal government of Nigeria suspect the Islamic State – West Africa Province of carrying ...
Celestial City, Imeko. Celestial City, Imeko, is the Holy City of the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC). It is located in the Imeko Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, very close to the border with Benin. [1] Celestial City is known as "Jerusalem" by the Celestians. [2] The city has potential as a tourist location.
The Catholic Church in Nigeria is mainly composed of a Latin hierarchy, joined in a national Episcopal Conference of Nigeria, and a single Eastern Catholic (transnational) see, comprising: 9 Latin rite ecclesiastical provinces, each under a Metropolitan Archbishop, with a total of 44 suffragan dioceses; one missionary apostolic vicariate