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bishop of lagos 14 december 2012 odo , owa , nigeria 1 1970 odo-owa , nigeria primate of all nigeria bishop abuja december 1986 - december 1999 25 december 1929 j. abiodun adetiloye
 j. abiodun adetiloye church of nigeria
j. abiodun adetiloye

joseph abiodun adetiloye -lrb- odo-owa , ekiti state , 25 december 1929 - odo-owa , ekiti state , 14 december 2012 -rrb- was the former primate of the church of nigeria .
he was married briefly for 11 months , until his wife 's death in 1968 ; they had a son .
he lost his father , who was a devout christian , aged 3 years old , and he and his siblings were raised by his mother .
he entered school in 1937 and it was reported that `` he was always neat in school each day despite the fact that he had only one uniform '' .
he decided to become an anglican priest at a very young age .
he passed with distinction is first school leaving examination in 1944 and was a teacher for 6 years .
he was the acting church agent at st. paul 's church in ara-yero , now called araromi at his 6th year .
he decided to attend melville hall , in kudeti , ibadan , in 1949 , to become a priest .
he was further educated in england at king 's college london -lrb- bd -rrb- , and wycliffe hall , oxford .
he was ordained a deacon at the end of 1953 at the cathedral church of lagos , by the first archbishop of west africa , leslie vining .
he was a curate at st. peter 's church , in ake , abeokuta , since 1954 , latter was a chaplain to archbishop vining and afterwards to archbishop howells .
this enabled him to move to wycliffe hall , to continue his studies .
he was involved in some parish ministries at st. george in leeds and was a curate at st. mary 's church in plaistow .
returning to nigeria , the rev. adetiloye was a teacher at the immanuel college of theology in ibadan , for four years and three months .
on 10 august 1966 , he became vicar and provost at the cathedral church of st. james , in ibadan .
on august 1970 , he was elected and nominated bishop of the diocese of ekiti , latter being transferred to the diocese of lagos , of which he was bishop from 1985 to 1999 .
he was enthroned as the second primate of the church of nigeria on 26 december 1986 , the following day to his 57th birthday , at the cathedral church of lagos , by his predecessor , archbishop timothy o. olufosoye .
he retired on december 1999 , after 13 years in office .
during his tenure , the church of nigeria became a fast-growing church , increasing from 27 dioceses in 1986 to 76 in 1999 .
in 1997 , the growth of the church of nigeria lead to a division into three ecclesiastical provinces .
archbishop adetiloye headed the province one , consisting of the dioceses in the west , while remaining primate of all nigeria .
his tenure his described by the rev. elijah olu akinwumi : `` his passion for evangelism and missions motivated him to judiciously mobilize financial resources from the lagos diocese : directly , by challenging men to give and leading by his example ; indirectly , by encouraging wealthy parishes to support seemingly weak ones or even planting new churches or opening a new diocese as the case may be .
this move brought tremendous growth to the anglican communion particularly in northern nigeria . ''
he died on his home city of odo-owa , on 14 december 2012 , aged 82 years old .
his death was mourned as a great national loss .
