Foluso Olugbenga Babatunji is an

Anglican Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the ...

bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

. Babatunji was born on 27 May 1968 in

Osun State Osun (; ), is a state in southwestern Nigeria; bounded to the east by Ekiti and Ondo states for 84 km and for 78 km respectively, to the north by Kwara State for 73 km, to the south by Ogun State for 84 km and to the wes ...

. He was educated at Ijebu-jesa

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, Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan. He was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...

in 1991. He has served in four dioceses. Babatunji later became 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 Church, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denomina ...

. In 2019, he succeeded James Afolabi PopoolaWorld Anglican II
worldanglican.com. Accessed 4 March 2024. as Bishop of Osun.

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21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria People from Osun State 1968 births Anglican bishops of Osun University of Ibadan alumni Living people Church of Nigeria archdeacons Alumni of Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan {{Nigeria-Anglican-bishop-stub