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References
- ↑ Abuja Province Dioceses at the Church of Nigeria Official Website Archived 26 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ List of the Ecclesiastical Provinces and Dioceses of the Church of Nigeria Archived 23 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Ecclesiastical Province of Abuja | Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)" . Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ↑ Samuel Gambo Kwashang, "The Anglican Church in Northern Nigeria under the episcopacy of Bishop Titus Eyiolorunsefunmi Ogbonyomi from 1976 to 1996" (June 2006) p. 35
- 1 2 Kwashang, "The Anglican Church in Northern Nigeria..." (ibid.) pp. 36–37
