Anglican Diocese of Minna

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The Anglican Diocese of Minna[1] is one of eleven within the Anglican Province of Lokoja, itself one of 14 ecclesiastical 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]

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