Anglican Diocese of Makurdi

The Diocese of Makurdi is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, in the Abuja Province, that is roughly contiguous with Benue State. It is divided in 25 parishes and 4 archdeaconries, Gboko, Katsina-Ala, Makurdi and Zaki-Biam.[1]

This article is about the Anglican diocese in Nigeria. For the Roman Catholic diocese, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Makurdi.
Diocese of Makurdi
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceChurch of Nigeria
Statistics
Parishes25
Information
RiteAnglican
Current leadership
BishopNathan Inyom

History

The diocese was founded as one of the eight missionary diocese created in Northern Nigeria at the start of the Decade of Evangelism.[2] Makurdi was the centre of the southern archdeaconry of the Diocese of Jos and is the capital of Benue State.

The diocese was founded on 24 September 1990 with the enthronement of Nathan Nyitar Inyom (the then-archdeacon) as the first Bishop of Makurdi. The staff of the diocese were five other clergy and evangelists and congregations in thirty-one churches. The diocese saw dramatic growth through the decade and at the end of 2000 had grown to over two hundred churches, while the number of the workers have increased to fifty clergy and ten layworkers.

Mission and evangelism continue to be the stated priorities of the diocese, but unrest in the period following the return to democracy in 1999 has led to the church responding with more work in conflict resolution and reconciliation.

List of bishops
  • J. T. Iyangemar (first bishop, consecrated 29 April 1990, Kaduna)[3]
  • Nathan Inyom, 1990–present

References
  1. Anglican Diocese of Makurdi at the Church of Nigeria Official Website Archived June 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Anglican Diocese of Makurdi at the Anglican Communion Website
  3. 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
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