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On 16 April 1920, the Prefecture was promoted as the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Nigeria. On 9 July 1934, the Vicariate was renamed from Southern Nigeria to Onitsha-Owerri. On 12 February 1948, the Vicariate was renamed again to its present name of Onitsha. On 18 April 1950, the Vicariate was promoted to a Metropolitan See.
The ecclesiastical provinces of the Church of Nigeria are: Lagos, Ibadan, Ondo, Bendel, The Niger, Niger Delta, Owerri, Abuja, Kaduna and Jos. [99] Its primate is Nicholas Okoh. [99] The Church of Nigeria has about 17 million members. [100]
Hinduism is a minority faith in Nigeria. Hinduism spread to Nigeria primarily through the arrival of Hindus from India and by way of ISKCON. Sindhis were the first to arrive in Nigeria in the early part of the nineteenth century. [1] [2] Most of the ethnic Nigerian Hindus were converted to Hinduism by the works of ISKCON. [3]
The Catholic Church in India is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope. There are over 20 million Catholics in India, [1] representing around 1.55% of the total population, [2] and the Catholic Church is the single largest Christian church in India. [1]
The Catholic Church in Nigeria is mainly composed of a Latin hierarchy, joined in a national Episcopal Conference of Nigeria, and a single Eastern Catholic (transnational) see, comprising: 9 Latin rite ecclesiastical provinces, each under a Metropolitan Archbishop, with a total of 44 suffragan dioceses; one missionary apostolic vicariate
The Catholic Church in Nigeria is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the curia in Rome, and the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN). In 2022, the president of the CBCN is Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji , Archbishop of Owerri Archdiocese . [ 2 ]
Catholic Television of Nigeria started producing programs and transmitting them via DAAR's satellite television channel AIT. As of 2016, CTV of Nigeria produces two programs, the daily morning devotional program "A Light for the Nation" and "Faith in Action", a program about the activity of Catholics and the Church in society.
The Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, with the rank of an ambassador. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Holy See to the Republic of Nigeria and as the point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in Nigeria and the pope.