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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.[4]
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