Idris Zubairu [1] is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria: [2] he is the current Bishop of Sokoto, [3] one of ten dioceses within the Anglican Province of Kaduna, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. [4]
His wife Saratu Zubairu was kidnapped and released a week later in March 2020. [5]
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The Church of Nigeria is the Anglican church in Nigeria. It is the second-largest province in the Anglican Communion, as measured by baptised membership, after the Church of England. In 2016 it stated that its membership was “over 18 million", out of a total Nigerian population of 190 million. It is "effectively the largest province in the Communion." As measured by active membership, the Church of Nigeria has nearly 2 million active baptised members. According to a study published by Cambridge University Press in the Journal of Anglican Studies, there are between 4.94 and 11.74 million Anglicans in Nigeria. The Church of Nigeria is the largest Anglican province on the continent of Africa, accounting for 41.7% of Anglicans in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is "probably the first [largest within the Anglican Communion] in terms of active members."
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The Rt. Revd Clement Nathan Ekpeye Pioneer Bishop is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria: he is the current Bishop of Ahoada one of nine in the Anglican Province of the Niger Delta, itself one of 14 within the Church of Nigeria.
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