Related Research Articles
The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. Founded in 1867 in London, the communion has more than 85 million members within the Church of England and other national and regional churches in full communion. The traditional origins of Anglican doctrine are summarised in the Thirty-nine Articles (1571). The Archbishop of Canterbury in England acts as a focus of unity, recognised as primus inter pares, but does not exercise authority in Anglican provinces outside of the Church of England. Most, but not all, member churches of the communion are the historic national or regional Anglican churches.
The Church of Nigeria is the Anglican church in Nigeria. It is the second-largest province in the Anglican Communion, as measured by baptized membership, after the Church of England. It gives its current membership as "over 18 million", out of a total Nigerian population of 190 million.
The Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East is a province of the Anglican Communion. The primate of the church is called President Bishop and represents the Church at the international Anglican Communion Primates' Meetings. The Central Synod of the church is its deliberative and legislative organ.
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.
The Anglican Communion Network was a theologically conservative network of Anglican and Episcopalian dioceses and parishes in the United States working toward Anglican realignment. The Anglican Communion Network later developed into the Anglican Church in North America.
The Church of Uganda is a member province of the Anglican Communion. Currently there are 37 dioceses which make up the Church of Uganda, each headed by a bishop.
The Anglican Catholic Church (ACC), also known as the Anglican Catholic Church , is a body of Christians in the continuing Anglican movement, which is separate from the Anglican Communion led by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Anglican Church of Kenya is a province of the Anglican Communion, and it is composed by 37 dioceses. The current Primate and Archbishop of Kenya is Jackson Ole Sapit.
The Church in the Province of the West Indies is one of 40 member provinces in the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church comprises eight dioceses spread out over much of the West Indies area. The present position of Archbishop and Primate of the West Indies is held by the current bishop of Jamaica, Howard Gregory. Gregory was elected as the thirteenth Archbishop of the Province by clergy and laity attending the 40th Synod of the CPWI at the Cascadia Hotel, in Port of Spain, Trinidad in May 2019. The position was previously held by John Holder who retired in 2018. Drexel Gomez was the primate before Bishop Holder until 2009. The church is also part of the Global South.
The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) is a Christian denomination in the Anglican tradition in the United States and Canada. It also includes ten congregations in Mexico, two mission churches in Guatemala, and a missionary diocese in Cuba. Headquartered in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, the church reported 30 dioceses and 1,037 congregations serving an estimated membership of 134,593 in 2017. The first archbishop of the ACNA was Robert Duncan, who was succeeded by Foley Beach in 2014.
The Episcopal/Anglican Province of Alexandria is a province of the Anglican Communion. Its territory was formerly the Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa. On 29 June 2020 the diocese was elevated to the status of an ecclesiastical province, and became the forty-first province of the Anglican Communion. The Primate and Metropolitan of the province is the Archbishop of Alexandria.
Diocese On the Niger is the mother diocese of the Church of Nigeria. It is one of 10 Anglican dioceses in the Province of 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 and a western part. A part of the Diocese on the Niger was subsequently carved out in 1946 to create the Niger Delta Diocese.
Diocese of Nnewi is one of the dioceses in Church of Nigeria. It was carved out of the old Niger Diocese and inaugurated on 14 February 1996.
The Anglican Province of Kwara is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the Church of Nigeria. It comprises 7 dioceses. The Archbishop of the Province of Kwara and Bishop of New Bussa is Israel Amoo.
The Anglican Province of Ondo is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the Church of Nigeria. It comprises 12 dioceses. The Archbishop of the Anglican Province of Ondo and Bishop of Ekiti is the Most Rev. Christopher Tayo Omotunde.
The Anglican Diocese of Ogbaru is an African diocese, one of nine within the Anglican Province of the Niger, in itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The current bishop is Prosper Afam Amah.
The Anglican Diocese of Niger West is an African diocese, one of nine within the Anglican Province of the Niger, in itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The current bishop is Johnson Ekwe.
The Anglican Diocese of Mbamili is an African diocese, one of nine within the Anglican Province of the Niger, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The bishop until 2020 was Henry Okeke when he moved to Ideato.
The Anglican Diocese of Ahoada is one of twelve within the Anglican Province of the Niger Delta, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The current bishop is Clement Ekpeye.
The Anglican Diocese of Igbomina-West is one of eight within the Anglican Province of Kwara, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The current bishop is Olajide Adebayo.
References
- ↑ "Diocesan web-site". Archived from the original on 2018-03-04.
- ↑ "Anglican Diocese of Cameroon Celebrates ten years". Church Times.
- ↑ "Bishop of Cameroon and Dean of the Internal Province of West Africa". Anglican Communion.
| General |  | |
|---|---|---|
| African provinces | ||
| Pan-American provinces | ||
| Asian provinces |
| |
| European provinces |
| |
| Oceanian provinces | ||
| Extra-provincial churches | ||
| Churches in full communion | ||
 | This Cameroon-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about an Anglican diocese is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |