The Diocesan
The youngest to become the diocesan bishop of Egba Diocese at the age of 47, the Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Oludaisi Adekunle was born on the 29th of March, 1962. His parents were both native of Abeokuta. Both were committed Christians, the father being Mr. Reuben Obasesan, and the mother, Mrs. Abigael O. Adekunle.
He had his primary education at St. John’s Anglican Primary School, lgbein, (Kuto), Abeokuta, from 1967 to 1973. For his secondary education, he was at Abeokuta Grammar School between 1974 and 1979. Adekunle obtained his National Diploma and Higher National Diploma respectively in Civil Engineering from the Federal Polytechnic, llaro, between 1980 and 1986. Subsequently, he had his National Youth Service at Afikpo in lmo State from 1986 to 1987.
The Rt. Rev. Adekunle got admitted into Emmanuel College of Theology and Christian Education, lbadan, in 1990 for his ordination course. He later went to the University of lbadan between 1996 and 1998 for a postgraduate diploma in Education and a Master’s degree in Education specializing in Counselling and Psychology.
The Rt. Rev. Jonathan S. Adeniyi was the pioneer Bishop of the Egba/Egbado Diocese when it was created in 1976. He was born in the year 1909 int o the family of Pa. Ebofin Owolola Adeniyi and Madam lgbayilola Adeniyi. Adeniyi’s early childhood was spent at Mawuko village in the outskirts of Abeokuta. From there, he had early-life introduction to Western education at the St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, llugun, through his cousins.
The Rt. Rev. Titus llori Akintayo was born on 1st of September, 1924 in lgbemo Ekiti. Both parents, Pa Daniel Akintayo, the father, and Mama Taiwo Akintayo, the mother, were devoted Christians. They were members of the St. John’s Anglican Church, lgbemo-Ekiti in today’s Ekiti State. Akintayo came from a humble background and parentage. His father was a farmer as well as a Lay-reader in the church. He was the eldest of an all- male three children.
The Rt. Rev. Matthew Oluremi Owadayo was born on 23rd October, 1939 into a home of nobility at Ifira-Akoko, Ondo State. His father, a high chief of the town, was Chief Abraham Ogundana Owadayo, a farmer, while the mother, Mrs. Sarah Asake Owadayo, was a petty trader, He was the last born of the family. Little Oluremi was so attached to his parents that he followed them to farm that he had to start school late as a result. He began his primary education at ten years