Adelakun Howells

Adelakun Williamson Howells OBE was an Anglican Bishop in the second half of the 20th century.[1]

He was born on 17 September 1905,[2] educated at King's College, Lagos and ordained in 1928.[3] He was a Tutor at the CMS Training College at Awka and then held incumbenciesat Enugu and Fourah Bay. In 1951 he became Provost of Lagos and in 1955 its third Bishop, a post he held until his death on 7 March 1963.[4]

Notes

1. History of lagos Diocese Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
2. “Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
4. The Times, Saturday 9 March 1963; page 10; Issue 55645; col E The Rt. Rev. A. W. Howells Bishop of Lagos

Church of England titles
Preceded by Leslie Gordon Vining	Bishop of Lagos 1919 –1940	Succeeded by Seth Irunsewe Kale