Jonathan Soremi ADENIYI, (Rt. Rev

Biographical record

Surname

ADENIYI, (Rt. Rev

First Name

Jonathan

Other Names

Soremi

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

July 25, 1909

State of Origin

Ogun

Place of Birth

Abeokuta

Name of Spouse

Clementina Ojuolape Williams 1953

Number of Children (Male)

1

Number of Children ( Female)

3

Names of Children

Has four children

Profession

Clergy

Schools Attended with Dates

St. Andrew's College, Oyo, 1925-28, Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra-Leone, University of Durham

Previous Appointments

Headmaster, St Peter’s School, Aiyede-Ekiti, 1929-32, assistant headmaster,
Anglican Central School, Abeokuta, 1933-37, headmaster, Abeokuta Girls’ Primary
School, 1937-39, tutor, Abeokuta Grammar School, 1943-47, principal, Holy Trinity
Grammar School, Benin, Bendel State, 1948-54, education secretary, Benin Anglican
Archdeaconry, 1948-51, principal, Abeokuta Grammar School, 1955-67, vicar, St Jude’s
Church, Ebute-Metta, 1967-70, consecrated bishop of Lagos, 1970, archdeacon of Egba
and Egbado, 1970-76, canon, Cathedral Church of Christ, Lagos, later consecrated
Anglican bishop of Egba-Egbado; former chairman, Abeokuta Town Planning Authority

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Awards and Honours

Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic, 1976

Hobbies

playing piano and harmonica;

Residential Address

Grace Village, Bishop J.S. Adeniyi Street, Onikolobo, Abeokuta, Ogun State

Official Address

Bishops’ House, PO Box 267, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.