Anglican Diocese Of Osun
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The Anglican Diocese of Osun is one of 17 within the
Anglican Province of Ibadan The Ibadan Province is an ecclesiastical province of the Church of Nigeria. It was created when the division into ecclesiastical provinces was adopted in 2002, and it comprises 19 dioceses, 117 archdeaconries and 623 parishes. It comprised the ...
, itself one of 14 provinces within the
Church of Nigeria The Church of Nigeria is the Anglicanism, Anglican Church body, church in Nigeria. It is the second-largest Province (Anglican), province in the Anglican Communion, as measured by baptised membership (not by attendance), after the Church of Englan ...
. The bishop emeritus is James Afolabi Popoola and the current bishop is
Foluso Olugbenga Babatunji Foluso Olugbenga Babatunji is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria. Babatunji was born on 27 May 1968 in Osun State. He was educated at Ijebu-jesa Grammar School, Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan. He was ordained in 1991. He has served in four di ...
. The Diocese of Osun was inaugurated on 3 August 1987, and Seth Oni Fagbemi was enthroned at All Saints’ Cathedral, Balogun,
Osogbo Osogbo (also known as ''Oṣogbo'', and seldomly as ''Oshogbo'') is a city in Nigeria. It became the capital city of Osun State in 1991. Osogbo city seats the Headquarters of both Osogbo Local Government Area (situated at Oke-Baale Area of th ...
, as the pioneer bishop.


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