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 as current membership "over 18 million", out of a total Nigerian population of 140 million.
Since 2002 the church of Nigeria is organised in ten ecclesiastical Provinces. It has rapidly increased the number of its dioceses and bishops from 91 in 2002 to 122 ...
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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 baptized membership, after the Church of England. It gives as current membership "over 18 million", out of a total Nigerian population of 140 million.
Since 2002 the church of Nigeria is organised in ten ecclesiastical Provinces. It has rapidly increased the number of its dioceses and bishops from 91 in 2002 to 122 (as at May 2007). The administrative headquarters is located in Abuja.
Its Primate is Archbishop Peter Akinola.
Christianity came to Nigeria in the 14th century through Augustine and Capuchine monks from Portugal. The first mission of the Church of England was, though, only established in 1842 in Badagry by Henry Townsend. In 1864 Samuel Ajayi Crowther, a Yoruba and former Slave, was elected bishop of the Niger. Lagos became a diocese of its own in 1919.
Leslie Gordon Vining became bishop of Lagos in 1940 and in 1951 the first Archbishop of...
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