Cocin Nigeria

Cocin Nigeria
Founded	1979
Classification	Cocin Nigeria

Cocin Najeriya ita ce cocin Anglican a Najeriya. Lardi ce ta biyu mafi girma a cikin Anglican Communion, kamar yadda aka auna ta membobin baftisma (ba ta wurin halarta ba), bayan Cocin Ingila. A shekarar 2016 ta bayyana cewa membobinta sun kasance "fiye da miliyan 18", daga cikin yawan jama'ar Najeriya miliyan 190. Shi ne "lardi mafi girma a cikin tarayya yadda ya kamata." na Najeriya yana da kusan membobi miliyan 2 da suka yi baftisma. A cewar wani binciken da Jami'ar Cambridge ta buga a cikin Journal of Anglican Studies, akwai tsakanin 4.94 da 11.74 miliyan Anglicans a Najeriya.^[1] Cocin Najeriya ita ce lardin Anglican mafi girma a nahiyar Afirka, wanda ke da kashi 41.7% na mabiya darikar Anglican a yankin kudu da hamadar Saharar Afirka, kuma “watakila ita ce ta farko mafi girma cikin kungiyar Anglican Communion dangane da mambobi masu aiki.”

Tun 2002 an shirya Cocin Najeriya zuwa larduna 14 na majami'u. Ta yi sauri ta kara adadin majami’o’inta da bishop daga 91 a 2002 zuwa 161 kamar yadda a watan Janairun 2013. Hedikwatar gudanarwa tana Abuja. Archbishop Henry Ndukuba ya zama na farko a cikin 2020.

1. ↑ "Brief history of Church of Nigeria".