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- ↑ Ibadan Province at the List of Ecclesiastical Provinces of the Church of Nigeria Archived 23 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Church of Nigeria: History". Church of Nigeria. Archived from the original on 26 April 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ↑ "Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan | Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)" . Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ↑ "Latest Election of Archbishops in the Church of Nigeria, Global South Anglican Official Website". globalsouthanglican.org. 13 September 2007. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2022.