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Joseph Akinyele Omoyajowo
Joseph Akinyele Omoyajowo was the Anglican Bishop of Ijebu in Province One of the Church of Nigeria from 1999 until his retirement in 2004. He was born on 31 December 1934 in Isarun, Ondo Ondo may refer to: Japan * Ondo, Hiroshima * Ondo (music), a style of folk music * ''Ondo'' class oiler, ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy Nigeria * Ondo City * Ondo State * Roman Catholic Diocese of Ondo * Ondo Kingdom (c. 1510–1899) People .... Omoyajowo was Professor of Religious Studies at Obafemi Awolowo University. He was the pioneer Bishop of Ikale-Ilaje (renamed to Bishop of On the Coast) before being posted to Ijebu. He attended St. John's College, Owo, from 1953 to 1958 and Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan, from 1961 to 1963. He was at the University of Ibadan from 1963 to 1970 and Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA, from 1968 until 1969. He was a lecturer at the University of Ibadan from 1970 till 1975, and became Professor of Religious Studies at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Ijebu (Anglican)
The Anglican Diocese of Ijebu is one of 13 within the Anglican Province of Lagos, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The last bishop, Ezekiel Ayo Awosoga died in 2020. The current bishop is Peter Rotimi Oludipe; he was consecrated a bishop on 21 September 2020 at the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Abuja Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann ...; he is the fifth bishop diocesan. (Accessed 28 August 2021) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Bishops Of On The Coast
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The majority of Anglicans are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, which forms the third-largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. These provinces are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers to as its ''primus inter pares'' (Latin, 'first among equals'). The Archbishop calls the decennial Lambeth Conference, chairs the meeting of primates, and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
