Uushunga Obadja Iihuhua (born , Omapale,
Ondonga
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,
Ovamboland
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,
Namibia — died 10 June 1940)
was one of the first seven
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pastors, whom the director of the
Finnish Missionary Society
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,
Matti Tarkkanen
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* Masa (disambigu ...
ordained into priesthood in
Oniipa,
Ovamboland
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The term originally referred to the parts of ...
, on 27 September 1925, with a permission granted by the Bishop of Tampere,
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. His brother
Sakeus Iihuhua Nangombe Sakeus Iihuhua (born ca. 1885, Omapale, Ondonga, Ovamboland, Namibia — died 22 June 1976) was one of the first seven Ovambo pastors, whom the director of the Finnish Missionary Society, Matti Tarkkanen ordained into priesthood in Oniipa, ...
was also ordained at the same time.
[Peltola 1958, p. 212.]
Iihuhua went to school in Oniipa in 1916–19 and studied at the Oniipa pastoral seminary during 1922–25. He worked in the Oniipa school during 1920–21, and as a pastor in
Uukwaluudhi
Uukwaluudhi is a traditional kingdom of the Ovambo people in what is today northern Namibia. Its capital is Tsandi, a settlement located about 30 km south of Outapi, and the location of the Uukwaluudhi Royal Homestead. The homestead is situa ...
in 1925 and in
Uukolonkadhi during 1926–40.
Iihuhua was married in 1925 to Maria gaNepundo (b. 1906) and had two sons and three daughters with her.
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Namibian Lutheran clergy
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission
People from Omusati Region
1940 deaths
1875 births
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