Anglican Diocese Of Egba
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Egba Diocese, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) is one of 13 within the Anglican Province of Lagos, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The current bishop is
Emmanuel Adekunle Emmanuel Oludaisi Adekunle is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria: he is the current Bishop of Egba. Adekunle was born in Abeokuta on the 29 March 1962. He was educated at Abeokuta Grammar School, Federal Polytechnic Ilaro and Emmanuel College of ...
. Jonathan S. Adeniyi was the pioneer Bishop of Egba Diocese when it was created in 1976. On his retirement aged 70 in 1979, he was succeeded by Titus Ilori Akintayo, who served from 1980 until 1994. On his retirement, he was in turn succeeded by
Matthew Oluremi Owadayo This is a list of the archbishops and bishops in the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, in post in 2007. In 2007, the church had 10 provinces in Nigeria, each with an archbishop. Each province is divided into dioceses; there were 138 dioce ...
(1995 – 2009). Adekunle has been the Bishop since 2009. The Bishop's court of Egba Diocese is located at Old Owode Road, Onikolobo, Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. The
Cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...
is Cathedral Church of St. Peter which is the main headquarters of the Anglican Diocese of Egba, situated in Ake, Abeokuta, Nigeria


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Dioceses of the Province of Lagos
Egba Egba may refer to: *Egba people, a clan of the Yoruba people living in western Nigeria * EGBA, the European Gaming and Betting Association *Egba United Government, a late 19th century political entity of the Egba people that was located in what is ...
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