Anglican Province of Ibadan explained

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.^[1]

It comprised the following 19 dioceses in 2008:

• Ajayi Crowther (11 March 2007; bishop: Olugbenga Olukemi Oduntan)
• Ekiti Kwara (26 May 2008; bishop: Andrew Ajayi)
• Ibadan (founded 25 January 1952, from the Diocese of Lagos;^[2] bishop: Joseph Akinfenwa)
• Ibadan North (14 December 1998; bishop: Segun Okubadejo)
• Ibadan South (13 July 1999; bishop: Jacob Ajetunmobi)
• Ife (4 November 1990; bishop: Olubunmi Akinlade)
• Ife East (28 May 2008; bishop: Rufus Okeremi)
• Igbomina (14 July 1999; bishop: Michael Akinyemi)
• Ilesa (2 November 1974; bishop: Samuel Sowole)
• Jebba (25 May 2008; bishop: Oluwaseun Adeyinka Aderogba)
• Kwara (1 November 1974; bishop: Olusegun Adeyemi)
• New Bussa (9 March 2007; bishop:Israel Amoo)
• Offa (14 July 1999; bishop: Akintunde Popoola)
• Ogbomoso (18 March 2005; bishop: Matthew Osunade)
• Oke-Ogun (11 March 2007; bishop: Solomon Amusan)
• Oke-Osun (25 January 1993; bishop: Oluwagbemiro Fabuluje)
• Omu-Aran (10 March 2007; bishop: Philip Adeyemo)
• Osun (3 August 1987; bishop: James Afolabi Popoola)
• Oyo (19 November 2003; bishop: Jacob Ola Fasipe)

Dioceses in 2024

After the creation of the Province of Kwara, the list of Dioceses and Bishops in the Province of Ibadan in 2024 was:^[3]

Anglican Province of Ibadan; Archbishop: Abiodun Olaoye

1. Ajayi Crowther Diocese

Bishop: Collins Babalola

1. Ibadan Diocese

Bishop: Joseph Akinfenwa

1. Ibadan North Diocese

Bishop: Williams Oluwarotimi Aladekugbe

1. Ibadan South Diocese

Bishop: Akintunde Popoola

1. Ife Diocese

Bishop: Olubunmi Akinlade

1. Ife East Diocese

Bishop: Oluseyi Oyelade

1. Ijesa North East Diocese

Bishop: Joseph Olusola

1. Ijesha North Missionary Diocese

Bishop: Isaac Oluyamo

1. Ilesa Diocese

Bishop: Dapo Asaju

1. Ilesa South West Diocese

Bishop: Samuel Egbebunmi

1. Ogbomoso Diocese

Bishop: Titus Babatunde Olayinka

1. Oke-Ogun Diocese

Bishop: Andrew Adebiyi

1. Oke-Osun Diocese

Bishop: Oluwagbemiro Fabuluje

1. Osun Diocese

Bishop: Foluso Olugbenga Babatunji

1. Osun North Diocese

Bishop: Abiodun Olaoye

1. Osun North East Diocese

Bishop: Ebenezer Akorede Okuyelu

1. Oyo Diocese

Bishop: Kemi Oduntan

Archbishops of the Province

• ? - 2013: Joseph Akinfenwa, Bishop of Ibadan (re-elected 2007)^[4]
• 2013 - present: Segun Okubadejo, Bishop of Ibadan North

External links

• Ibadan Province at the List of Ecclesiastical Provinces of the Church of Nigeria
• Ibadan Province at the Church of Nigeria Official Website

Notes and References

1. http://ascensionchurchopebi.org/web/pages/Anglicanism-in-Nigeria.html Ibadan Province at the List of Ecclesiastical Provinces of the Church of Nigeria
2. Web site: Church of Nigeria: History . . Church of Nigeria . 6 August 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070426145001/http://www.anglican-nig.org/history.htm . 26 April 2007.
3. Web site: Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). 2021-03-06. en-US.
4. Web site: Latest Election of Archbishops in the Church of Nigeria, Global South Anglican Official Website. globalsouthanglican.org. 13 September 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180613084532/http://www.globalsouthanglican.org/index.php/comments/latest_election_of_archbishops_in_the_church_of_nigeria . 13 June 2018 . 21 August 2022.