Joseph Olatunji Akinfenwa (born 24 May 1956) is an

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: he is Bishop of Ibadan, one of nineteen in 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 within the

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. Akinfenwa was born in Zaria on 24 May 1956. He is a graduate of

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, holds a Diploma in Theology from St Francis Assisi Theological College, Wusasa, Zaria and has Masters' and PhD degrees from the

University of Ilorin University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) is a federal government-owned public research university in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. The university's main campus sits on an expansive area of land, about 5,000 hectares in the ancient city of Ilorin; making ...

. He was ordained in 1986 at St Michael's Cathedral, Kaduna, of which he became Archdeacon in 1994. On 6 January 1998, he was consecrated Bishop of Sokoto before being translated to Bishop of Ibadan in April 2000. Akinfenwa became the first Archbishop of Ibadan in January 2003, a post he held for two terms, until 2013.

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Anglican bishops of Ibadan 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria 21st-century Anglican archbishops Living people Anglican archbishops of Ibadan Anglican bishops of Sokoto Ahmadu Bello University alumni University of Ilorin alumni 1956 births {{Nigeria-Anglican-bishop-stub