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{{short description|Anglican province in Nigeria}}
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The '''Anglican Province of Kaduna''' is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the [[Church of Nigeria]]. The first archbishop was [[Josiah Idowu-Fearon]], from 2002 to 2008. The current archbishop is Ali Buba Lamido, bishop of Wusasa, since 2017.<ref name="anglicancommunion">{{cite web|url=http://www.anglicancommunion.org/structures/member-churches/member-church.aspx?church=nigeria&view=prov#sorting|author=Anglican Communion Office|publisher=anglicancommunion.org|title= The Anglican Province of Kaduna at the Anglican Communion Official Website |accessdate=2017-02-18}}</ref><ref name="globalsouthanglican">{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsouthanglican.org/index.php/comments/latest_election_of_archbishops_in_the_church_of_nigeria|publisher=globalsouthanglican.org|title=Latest Election of Archbishops in the Church of Nigeria, Global South Anglican Official Website|date=13 September 2007 |accessdate=2017-02-18}}</ref>

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The '''Anglican Province of Kaduna''' is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the [[Church of Nigeria]]. The first archbishop was [[Josiah Idowu-Fearon]], from 2002 to 2008. The current archbishop is Timothy Yahaya, bishop of Kaduna, since 27 August, 2023.<ref name="anglicancommunion">{{cite web|url=http://www.anglicancommunion.org/structures/member-churches/member-church.aspx?church=nigeria&view=prov#sorting|author=Anglican Communion Office|publisher=anglicancommunion.org|title= The Anglican Province of Kaduna at the Anglican Communion Official Website |accessdate=2017-02-18}}</ref><ref name="globalsouthanglican">{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsouthanglican.org/index.php/comments/latest_election_of_archbishops_in_the_church_of_nigeria|publisher=globalsouthanglican.org|title=Latest Election of Archbishops in the Church of Nigeria, Global South Anglican Official Website|date=13 September 2007|accessdate=2017-02-18|archive-date=2018-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613084532/http://www.globalsouthanglican.org/index.php/comments/latest_election_of_archbishops_in_the_church_of_nigeria|url-status=dead}}</ref>


It has 11 dioceses:
It has 11 dioceses:


*Bari (Bishop: Idris Zubairu)
*[[Anglican Diocese of Bari|Bari]] (Bishop: [[Idris Zubairu]])
*Dutse (Bishop: [[Markus Yohanna Danbinta]]; first bishop [[Yusufu Ibrahim Lumu]], consecrated 30 November 1996, Oke-Bola)<ref name="SGK36">Samuel Gambo Kwashang, "The Anglican Church in Northern Nigeria under the episcopacy of Bishop Titus Eyiolorunsefunmi Ogbonyomi from 1976 to 1996" (June 2006) [https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.958.6142&rep=rep1&type=pdf pp.&nbsp;36–37]</ref>
*Dutse (Bishop: Yesufu Lumu)
*Gusau (Bishop: John Garba)
*[[Anglican Diocese of Gusau|Gusau]] (Bishop: [[John Garba Danbinta]])
*Ikara (Bishop: Yusuf Janfalan)
*[[Anglican Diocese of Ikara|Ikara]] (Bishop: [[Yusuf Janfalan]])
*Kaduna (Bishop: ''vacant'')
*Kaduna (Bishop: [[Timothy Yahaya]])
*Kano (Bishop: Zakka Nyam)
*Kano (Bishop: [[Zakka Nyam]]; founded 8 January 1980 from Kaduna; first bishop Bertram Baima Ayam)<ref name="SGK34" />
*Katsina (Bishop: Jonathan Bamaiyi)
*Katsina (Bishop: [[Jonathan Bamaiyi]]; first bishop J.&nbsp;S. Kwasu, consecrated 29 April 1990, Kaduna)<ref name="SGK36" />
*Kebbi (Bishop: [[Edmund Akanya]]; elected from Sokoto diocese; first bishop [[Edmund Efoyikeye Akanya]] consecrated 30 November 1996, Oke-Bola)<ref name="SGK36" />
*Kebbi (Bishop: Edmund Akanya)
*Sokoto (Bishop: Augustin Omole)
*[[Anglican Diocese of Sokoto|Sokoto]] (Bishop: [[Augustine Omole]])
*Wusasa (Bishop: Ali Buba Lamido)
*[[Anglican Diocese of Wusasa|Wusasa]] (Bishop: [[Ali Buba Lamido]])
*Zaria (Bishop: Cornelius Zlifu Bello)
*[[Anglican Diocese of Zaria|Zaria]] (Bishop: [[Cornelius Bello]])

==Diocese of Kaduna==
Founded as the Diocese of Northern Nigeria on 30 January 1954, from the [[Anglican Diocese of Lagos|Diocese of Lagos]]. [[Alfred Smith (bishop)|Alfred Smith]] (A.&nbsp;W. Smith) was previously an assistant bishop of Lagos for the north of that diocese, and therefore forerunner of the Bishops of Northern&nbsp;Nigeria.<ref name="SGK17">Kwashang, "The Anglican Church in Northern Nigeria..." (ibid.) pp.&nbsp;17–18</ref> The name of the diocese was changed to Kaduna diocese after it was split to create Kano and [[Anglican Diocese of Jos|Jos]] dioceses, 1980.<ref name="SGK34">Kwashang, "The Anglican Church in Northern Nigeria..." (ibid.) pp.&nbsp;34–35</ref>
===Bishops of Northern Nigeria===
*1954–1969 (res.): [[John Mort]] (first bishop; consecrated 3 January 1954)<ref name="SGK17" />
*1970–1975: [[Festus Segun]] (consecrated 5 April 1970, Lagos, and translated to Lagos, 6 February 1975)<ref name="SGK17" />
*1975–''1980'': [[Titus Eyiolorunsefunmi Ogbonyomi]] (consecrated 29 June 1975, Lagos)<ref name="SGK17" />
===Bishops of Kaduna===
*''1980''–1996 (ret.): Titus Eyiolorunsefunmi Ogbonyomi (name of diocese changed, January 1980; retired 14 December 1996)<ref name="SGK38">Kwashang, "The Anglican Church in Northern Nigeria..." (ibid.) p. 38</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 11:25, 11 July 2024

The Anglican Province of Kaduna is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the Church of Nigeria. The first archbishop was Josiah Idowu-Fearon, from 2002 to 2008. The current archbishop is Timothy Yahaya, bishop of Kaduna, since 27 August, 2023.[1][2]

It has 11 dioceses:

Diocese of Kaduna

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Founded as the Diocese of Northern Nigeria on 30 January 1954, from the Diocese of Lagos. Alfred Smith (A. W. Smith) was previously an assistant bishop of Lagos for the north of that diocese, and therefore forerunner of the Bishops of Northern Nigeria.[5] The name of the diocese was changed to Kaduna diocese after it was split to create Kano and Jos dioceses, 1980.[4]

Bishops of Northern Nigeria

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Bishops of Kaduna

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  • 1980–1996 (ret.): Titus Eyiolorunsefunmi Ogbonyomi (name of diocese changed, January 1980; retired 14 December 1996)[6]

References

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  1. ^ Anglican Communion Office. "The Anglican Province of Kaduna at the Anglican Communion Official Website". anglicancommunion.org. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  2. ^ "Latest Election of Archbishops in the Church of Nigeria, Global South Anglican Official Website". globalsouthanglican.org. 13 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  3. ^ a b c Samuel Gambo Kwashang, "The Anglican Church in Northern Nigeria under the episcopacy of Bishop Titus Eyiolorunsefunmi Ogbonyomi from 1976 to 1996" (June 2006) pp. 36–37
  4. ^ a b Kwashang, "The Anglican Church in Northern Nigeria..." (ibid.) pp. 34–35
  5. ^ a b c d Kwashang, "The Anglican Church in Northern Nigeria..." (ibid.) pp. 17–18
  6. ^ Kwashang, "The Anglican Church in Northern Nigeria..." (ibid.) p. 38
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