Church Of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Gets 15 New Dioceses, Appoints New Bishops

The Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, has created, and  ratified  15 New Dioceses.

The 15 are made up of five  full Dioceses while the remaining 10 are  Missionary Dioceses.

When the motion waa moved by the Archbishop Metropolitan and Primate of all Nigeria Most Revd Henry Ndukuba for the creation of new Dioceses it was overwhelmingly endorsed  by a roaring “YES”.

This was at the Plenary session of the Church at its 2025 Standing Committee  Meeting held at the Cathedral Church of Emmanuel Ado-Ekiti.

The five New Dioceses are

• Ekiti South
• Kalabari
• Lagos South West
• Omoku – Ahoada
• Ozoro

The Missionary Dioceses are

• Eket
• Idanre
• Ikom
• Keffi
• Nasarawa
• Ogoja
• Oyo South
• Oyun
• Takim
• Zuru

15 New Bishops were also elected for the new  Dioceses by the House of Bishop when they rose from their closed door meeting in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday 19 February 2025.

However, the election of the Bishop of the new  Missionary Diocese of Eket was put on hold because of the sudden passing of the Bishop of Uyo Diocese a couple of days ago.

A statement signed by  Akintunde Korede, the Church’s Communications  officer reads:

“CoN Episcopal Synod Elects Bishops for Irele/Ese-odo Diocese, 14 Newly Created Dioceses

“The Church of Nigeria, (Anglican Communion), House of Bishops arising from its Episcopal Synod on Thursday, 18th September 2025 at the Cathedral Church of Emmanuel, Okesha, Ado-Ekiti, in Ekiti Diocese has elected new bishops to fill one of its vacant Sees and the newly created 15 dioceses which commenced after an eucharistic service.

“At the end of this Episcopal Synod, the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, The Most Rev. Dr Henry Ndukuba, announced the elections of fifteen clergymen to fill the current vacant See of Irele/Ese-Odo and fourteen of the newly created Sees.

“The following Servants of God were duly elected at this Episcopal Synod:

“Full-fledged Dioceses

1. Diocese of Irele/Ese-Odo – Venerable Samuel Ogunmiluyi
2. Diocese of Ekiti South – Venerable Francis Bankole
3. Diocese of Kalabari – Venerable Boma Briggs
4. Diocese of Lagos South West – Venerable Dr Adewole Ajayi
5. Diocese of Omoku – Venerable Richard N. Okpara
6. Diocese of Ozoro – Venerable Dr Benjamin Idume

Missionary Dioceses

1. Missionary Diocese of Idanre – Venerable Bode Otenaike
2. Missionary Diocese of Ikom – Venerable David Michson
3. Missionary Diocese of Keffi – Venerable Dr Paul Dajur
4. Missionary Diocese of Nasarawa – Venerable Dr Luka B. Allu
5. Missionary Diocese of Ogoja – Venerable Ifeanyi Akunna
6. Missionary Diocese of Oyo South – Venerable Dr Ebenezer Familoni
7. Missionary Diocese of Oyun – Venerable Solomon Adewumi
8. Missionary Diocese of Takum – Rev’d Canon Rika G. Ibrahim
9. Missionary Diocese of Zuru – Venerable Dr Ayuba Kanta

“Recall that the standing committee approved the creation of 5 full-fledged dioceses and 10 missionary dioceses at the just concluded meeting.

The Primate noted that the election of the bishop of the Missionary Diocese of Eket is yet to be done due to the sudden demise of the Bishop of Uyo Diocese this week, where the missionary diocese is being carved out.

Archbishop Henry once again called on all faithful to pray and support these newly created dioceses and elected servants of God and their families as they enter their new places of assignment at a time like this, after all the due processes, training and consecration are concluded.

Archbishop Ndukuba called on the newly elected fathers in God to continually seek God’s face for direction, and for the power of God in the new roles God has given them.

The Primate added that the inauguration of new dioceses and enthronement of the Bishops-elect will be announced in the days ahead.

He concluded by adding that the consecration of the newly elected bishops will take place on the 9th of November, 2025, in Abuja.

“Korede Akintunde
CoN Communication Officer
19/09/2025
Email: [email protected]”