Joshua Sunday Oyinlola is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria. He is Bishop of Irele-Eseodo [1] in the Anglican Province of Ondo. He was elected as bishop in 2019. [2]
He was consecrated Bishop of Irele-Eseodo in April 2019 at St David's Anglican Cathedral Church, Ijomu, Akure, by the Primate of All Nigeria, Nicholas Okoh. [3]
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The Church of Nigeria is the Anglican church in Nigeria. It is the second-largest province in the Anglican Communion, as measured by baptised membership, after the Church of England. In 2016 it stated that its membership was “over 18 million", out of a total Nigerian population of 190 million. It is "effectively the largest province in the Communion." As measured by active membership, the Church of Nigeria has nearly 2 million active baptised members. According to a study published by Cambridge University Press in the Journal of Anglican Studies, there are between 4.94 and 11.74 million Anglicans in Nigeria. The Church of Nigeria is the largest Anglican province on the continent of Africa, accounting for 41.7% of Anglicans in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is "probably the first [largest within the Anglican Communion] in terms of active members."
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The Anglican Diocese of Irele-Eseodo is one of twelve within the Anglican Province of Ondo, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria.
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Gabriel Akinbolarin Akinbiyi was born on the 5th of December, 1949. He married Mrs Stella A. Akinbiyi sometime between 1956-1961, he went to St John's Anglican school oke Igbo and later on went to local authority modern school oke Igbo, during 1962-1964. Afterwards he went to diocesan training centre, wusasa Zaria (D.T.C) in 1975-1976. He was the Bishop of Akoko in the Anglican province of Ondo in the Church of Nigeria until 2019.
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George Latunji Lasebikan was the Anglican Bishop of Ondo in 2007, in Ondo Province of the Church of Nigeria.
