Lagos – Archbishop of Anglican Province of Lagos and Bishop of the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos, Bishop Humphery Olumakaiye is dead.
The clergy passed-on early Monday morning of October 31, 2022.
He was 53.
The Diocese of Lagos, Anglican Communion in a statement signed by the Synod Secretary, Ven. ‘Segun Ladeinde; and the Chancellor, Justice Adedayo Oyebanji, confirmed his death.
Olumakaiye became the Bishop of Lagos on July 30, 2018 and in November 2021 presented as the Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos.
The statement said, “His Episcopal sojourn in the Diocese of Lagos and subsequently the Province was characterized 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.”
Humphrey Bamisebi Olumakaiye was bishop of the Church of Nigeria and until now, Archbishop of the Anglican Province of Lagos (Anglican Communion), Nigeria:
He was the current Bishop of Lagos, and Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos (Anglican Communion), Church of Nigeria having been Bishop of Osun North East until 2018 and presented as the Archbishop of Lagos Ecclesiastical Province on the 7th of November, 2021 at the Cathedral Church of Advent, Life Camp, Abuja, Nigeria.
