Anglican Province of Ibadan

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] The present Archbishop of Ibadan Province is Segun Okubadejo, who is also the Bishop of the Diocese of Ibadan North. He succeeded Joseph O. Akinfenwa.

For the Roman Catholic province, see Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibadan.

It comprises the following 19 dioceses:

  • Ajayi Crowther (11 March 2007; bishop: Olugbenga Olukemi Oduntan)
  • Ekiti Kwara (26 May 2008; bishop: Andrew Ajayi)
  • Ibadan (25 January 1952; 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)
  • Osun (25 January 1993; bishop: Francis Wale Oke)
  • Omu-Aran (10 March 2007; bishop: Philip Adeyemo)
  • Osun (3 August 1987; bishop: James Afolabi Popoola)
  • Oyo (19 November 2003; bishop: Jacob Ola Fasipe)

References
  1. Ibadan Province at the List of Ecclesiastical Provinces of the Church of Nigeria Archived 23 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine


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