Anglican Province of Kwara
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Anglican province in Nigeria
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.[1]
The dioceses are (2021):[1]
- Igbomina (Bishop: Emmanuel Adekola)
- Igbomina-West (Bishop: Olajide Adebayo)
- Jebba (Bishop: Oluwaseun A. Aderogba)
- Kwara (Bishop: S. T. G. Adewole; first bishop, Herbert Haruna, consecrated 27 October 1974, Ibadan)[2]
- New Bussa (Bishop: Israel Amoo)
- Offa (Bishop: Solomon Akanbi)
- Omu-Aran (Bishop: Festus Oyetola Sobanke)
- Ekiti Kwara (Bishop: Andrew O.A. Ajayi)
Archbishops of Kwara
[edit ]- Until 2017 Michael Akinyemi
- 2017 - 2019 Olusegun Adeyemi [3]
- 2019 - date Israel Amoo [1]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c "Ecclesiastical Province of Kwara | Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)".
- ^ Samuel Gambo Kwashang, "The Anglican Church in Northern Nigeria under the episcopacy of Bishop Titus Eyiolorunsefunmi Ogbonyomi from 1976 to 1996" (June 2006) pp. 105–106
- ^ Conger, George (September 22, 2017). "Chancellor and three archbishops elected for Church of Nigeria". Anglican Ink © 2021.
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