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- ↑ "Emmanuel Adekunle".
- ↑ Anglican Communion Office. "Diocese - Nigeria - Egba". anglicancommunion.org. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ↑ "The Rt Revd Emmanuel Adekunle on World Anglican Clerical Directory". World Anglican Clerical Directory. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
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