Diocese_of_Minna

Anglican Diocese of Minna

Anglican Diocese of Minna

Anglican diocese in Nigeria

The Anglican Diocese of Minna[1] is one of eleven within the Anglican Province of Lokoja, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria.[2] The current bishop is Daniel Abubakar Yisa[3] who is also Archbishop of the Province.[4]

The Diocese of Minna was inaugurated on 3 September 1990, with its first bishop James A. Yisa (who had been consecrated on 29 April 1990 at St Michael's Cathedral, Kaduna).[5] The second bishop was Nathaniel Yisa, who served from 1992 until 2005.[6]

Notes

  1. [1]
    "About Us". Minna Anglican Diocese.
  2. [2]
    "Our Provinces | Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)".
  3. [3]
    "The Rt Revd Daniel Abu Yisa on World Anglican Clerical Directory". World Anglican Clerical Directory.
  4. [4]
    "Newly elected bishops urged to be courageous and steadfast". July 7, 2019.
  5. [5]
    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
  6. [6]
    "Minna Anglican Diocese - The Diocese". minnaanglicandiocese.org. Retrieved 2021-03-23.


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