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Joseph Adeyemi
Anglican bishop in Nigeria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Babatunde Joseph Adeyemi[1] is an Anglican bishop[2] in Nigeria, [3] he is the current Bishop of Badagry.[4]
Adeyemi was born on 14 January 1957 in Ojo, Lagos State. He was educated at Government Teachers’ Training College, Badagry; Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan; and Lagos State University. After three years as a teacher, he was ordained deacon in 1984 and priest in 1986. After a curacy at Ebute Metta he held incumbencies at Awodi-Ora, Idumu and Festac Town. He became a Canon in 1999 and Archdeacon of Festac in 2000.
He was consecrated as the pioneer Bishop of Badagry on 13 March 2005.[5] He has been the patron of the Lagos Scripture Union since 2010.
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