Anglican Diocese of Owerri

Last updated January 27, 2026

The Anglican Diocese of Owerri^[1] is one^[2] of 12 within the Anglican Province of Owerri, itself one of 14 ecclesiastical provinces within the Church of Nigeria.^[3] The current bishop is the Right Rev. Chukwuma Oparah.^[4]

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v t e Provinces (with dioceses) in the Church of Nigeria
Aba	Aba Aba Ngwa North Arochukwu/Ohafia Ikwuano Isiala-Ngwa Isiala-Ngwa South Isuikwuato Ukwa Umuahia
Abuja	Abuja Gboko Gwagwalada Kafanchan Kubwa Kwoi Lafia Makurdi Otukpo Zaki-Biam Zonkwa
Bendel	Akoko Edo Asaba Benin Esan Etsako Ika Ndokwa Oleh Sabongidda-Ora Sapele Ughelli Warri Western Izon
Enugu	Abakaliki Afikpo Awgu/Aninri Eha-Amufu Enugu Enugu North Ikwo Ngbo Nike Nsukka Oji River Udi
Ibadan	Ajayi Crowther Ibadan Ibadan North Ibadan South Ife Ife East Ijesha North Ijesa North East Ilesa Ilesa South West Ogbomoso Oke-Ogun Oke-Osun Osun Osun North Osun North East Oyo
Jos	Bauchi Bukuru Damaturu Gombe Jalingo Jos Langtang Maiduguri Pankshin Yola
Kaduna	Bari Dutse Gusau Ikara Kaduna Kano Katsina Kebbi Sokoto Wusasa Zaria
Kwara	Ekiti Kwara Igbomina Igbomina-West Jebba Kwara New Bussa Offa Omu-Aran
Lagos	Awori Badagry Egba Egba West Ifo Ijebu Ijebu-North Ijebu-South West Lagos Lagos Mainland Lagos West Remo Yewa
Lokoja	Bida Doko Idah Ijumu Kabba Kontagora Kutigi Lokoja Minna Ogori-Magongo Okene
Niger	Aguata Amichi Awka The Niger Ihiala Mbamili Niger West Nnewi Ogbaru
Niger Delta	Ahoada Calabar Etche Evo Ikwerre Niger Delta Niger Delta North Niger Delta West Northern Izon Ogbia Ogoni Okrika Uyo
Ondo	Akoko Akure Ekiti Ekiti Oke Ekiti West Idoani Ilaje Ile-Oluji Irele-Eseodo On the Coast Ondo Owo
Owerri	Egbu Ideato Ikeduru Isi Mbano Mbaise Ohaji/Egbema Okigwe Okigwe South On the Lake Orlu Oru Owerri

v t e Anglican Communion
General	Supreme Governor of the Church of England Episcopal polity Archbishop of Canterbury Anglican Communion Primates' Meeting Lambeth Conferences (2022) Anglican Consultative Council Homosexuality Windsor Report Ordination of women Ecumenism Dioceses
African provinces	Alexandria ^[a]^[b] Burundi ^[a] Central Africa ^[a] Congo ^[a]^[b] Indian Ocean ^[a] Kenya ^[a]^[b] Mozambique and Angola Nigeria ^[a]^[b] Rwanda ^[a]^[b] Southern Africa ^[a] South Sudan ^[a]^[b] Sudan ^[a] Tanzania ^[a] Uganda ^[a]^[b] West Africa ^[a]
Pan-American provinces	Brazil Canada Central America Chile ^[a]^[b] Mexico South America ^[a]^[b] United States of America West Indies
Asian provinces	Bangladesh ^[a] (United) Hong Kong and Macao Japan Jerusalem and the Middle East Korea Myanmar (Burma) ^[a]^[b] North India (United) Pakistan ^[a] (United) Philippines South East Asia ^[a] South India (United)
European provinces	England (including the Diocese in Europe) Ireland Scotland Wales
Oceanian provinces	Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia Australia Melanesia ^[a] Papua New Guinea ^[a]
Extra-provincial churches	Bermuda Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Falkland Islands Portugal Spain
Churches in full communion	Mar Thoma Syrian Church Malabar Syrian Church Union of Utrecht Philippine Independent Church Porvoo Communion
Christianityportal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Also part of the Global South 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Also part of the GAFCON

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