Philip Adeyemo (born 19 May 1949) is an

Anglican 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 th ...

bishop in Nigeria: he is Bishop of the Omu-Aran diocese, one of seven in the Anglican Province of Kwara, itself one of 14 within the Church of Nigeria. Adeyemo was born on 19 May 1949 in Oyun,

Kwara State Kwara State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Kwárà), is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger state, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the internation ...

. He was educated at the University of Ilorin and Imanuel College of Theology, Ibadan. He worked with gateway Insurance Co before training as a priest. He held incumbencies in Osere before becoming an

Archdeacon An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that o ...

. He retired in 2019, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 70.

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Anglican bishops of Omu-Aran People from Kwara State Alumni of Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria 21st-century Anglican archbishops 1959 births Living people University of Ilorin alumni Church of Nigeria archdeacons {{Nigeria-Anglican-bishop-stub