Lagos Anglican Archbishop, Olumakaiye, dies at 53

The Archbishop of Lagos Province, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), the Most Reverend Humphrey Olumakaiye, is dead.

Olumakaiye, who is the Bishop of Lagos Diocese, died on Sunday at the age of 53.

The death was announced on Monday in a statement signed by the Synod Secretary, Ven. ‘Segun Ladeinde; and the Chancellor, Justice Adedayo Oyebanji.

According to the statement, the Archbishop died on Sunday.

The statement said: “With heavy hearts, but in the sure hope of the Resurrection, the Diocesan Board of the Diocese of Lagos, announces the sudden Transition of the Bishop of the Diocese of Lagos and Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos, His Grace, The Most Revd Humphrey Bamisebi Olumakaiye, Ph.D, FICT who was called up to higher service in the evening of Sunday, 30th October, 2022 at the age of 53 Years.

“His Episcopal sojourn in the Diocese of Lagos and subsequently the Province was characterised by phenomenal, physical and spiritual developments, for which all of us shall remain very proud.

“We shall keep you posted, as detailed arrangements of the Funeral obsequies unfold and are made public.”

Olumakaiye, a native of Idanre in Ondo State, was born on January 28, 1969 in Okene, Kogi State.

He was elected for translation into the Diocese of Lagos on February 6, 2018, and enthroned as the eighth Bishop of Lagos on Monday, July 30, 2018, at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos.

On September 25, 2021, he became the Archbishop of the Province of Lagos.

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