Gavin Ashenden

Awka Diocese threatens break with Church of Nigeria as supervising bishop dismisses chancellor

The Diocese of Awka has rejected the Church of Nigeria’s suspension of its bishop, the Most Rev. Alexander Chibuzo Ibezim, threatened to withdraw from the national church, and ordered its institutions to disregard the authority of the appointed supervising bishop. In response, the Rt....

Primate sends Archbishop of the Niger on six months’ leave as Ibezim takes the Church of Nigeria to court

The Primate of the Church of Nigeria has ordered the Most Rev. Alexander Ibezim, Archbishop of the Province of the Niger and Bishop of Awka, to stand aside from his see for six months while the church investigates claims that he sold diocesan land...
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