George Latunji Lasebikan
George Latunji Lasebikan (born August 1948) was the Anglican Bishop of Ondo[1] in 2007, in Ondo Province[2] of the Church of Nigeria.
Lasebikan was born in August 1948 in Ibadan, where he attended Ibadan Grammar School and Loyola College, Ibadan. He spent twelve years at the University of Ibadan, gaining Diploma, B.A. and M.A. in Religious Studies, M.Ed. in Guidance and Counselling and Ph.D. in Religious Studies specializing in the Old Testament. He also attended Lincoln Theological College from 1989 to 1990.
He became Deacon in 1984, Canon in April 1992 and Archdeacon in 1995; he left his post of Senior Lecturer at the University of Ibadan to become the sixth Bishop of Ondo in 1998.[3]
He was elected Archbishop of Ondo Province in 2012 and he served 2 terms[4] (the second beginning in 2016[5]) as Archbishop of Ondo Province and also served as Dean of the Church of Nigeria,[6] before retiring in 2018.
References[edit]
- ^ Office, Anglican Communion. "Anglican Communion: Diocese". Anglican Communion Website.
- ^ "Ecclesiastical Province of Ondo | Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)". Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ^ "BISHOP'S CHARGE PRESENTED TO THE SECOND SESSION OF THE SIXTH SYNOD OF THE DIOCESE OF NSUKKA ON MONDAY 1ST NOVEMBER 2010, AT ST" (PDF). www.adonsk.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 25, 2022. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ^ "The Rt Revd George Lasebikan on World Anglican Clerical Directory". World Anglican Clerical Directory. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ^ "PRIMATE OKOH CONSECRATES BISHOPS". Facebook. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ^ "Why Clerics Hardly Criticise Govt —Archbishop Lasebikan". tribuneonlineng.com. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
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