Anglican Province of Kaduna

The Anglican Province of Kaduna is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the Church of Nigeria. The first archbishop was Josiah Idowu-Fearon, from 2002 to 2008. The current archbishop is Timothy Yahaya, bishop of Kaduna, since 27 August, 2023.[1][2]

It has 11 dioceses:

Diocese of Kaduna

Founded as the Diocese of Northern Nigeria on 30 January 1954, from the Diocese of Lagos. Alfred Smith (A. W. Smith) was previously an assistant bishop of Lagos for the north of that diocese, and therefore forerunner of the Bishops of Northern Nigeria.[6] The name of the diocese was changed to Kaduna diocese after it was split to create Kano and Jos dioceses, 1980.[5]

Bishops of Northern Nigeria

Bishops of Kaduna

  • 1980–1996 (ret.): Titus Eyiolorunsefunmi Ogbonyomi (name of diocese changed, January 1980; retired 14 December 1996)[7]

References

  1. ^ Anglican Communion Office. "The Anglican Province of Kaduna at the Anglican Communion Official Website". anglicancommunion.org. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  2. ^ "Latest Election of Archbishops in the Church of Nigeria, Global South Anglican Official Website". globalsouthanglican.org. 13 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  3. ^ Office, Anglican Communion. "Anglican Communion: Position". Anglican Communion Website. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  4. ^ a b c Samuel Gambo Kwashang, "The Anglican Church in Northern Nigeria under the episcopacy of Bishop Titus Eyiolorunsefunmi Ogbonyomi from 1976 to 1996" (June 2006) pp. 36–37
  5. ^ a b Kwashang, "The Anglican Church in Northern Nigeria..." (ibid.) pp. 34–35
  6. ^ a b c d Kwashang, "The Anglican Church in Northern Nigeria..." (ibid.) pp. 17–18
  7. ^ Kwashang, "The Anglican Church in Northern Nigeria..." (ibid.) p. 38


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