Ekiti diocese gets new Bishop

The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has elected Rt. Rev. Andrew Olusola Ajayi as the new Bishop of Ekiti Diocese. Ajayi, who is the sixth Bishop for the diocese, was born on July 2, 1959 in Fiditi, Oyo State and consecrated Bishop by the Most Rev. Peter Akinola at the Cathedral Church of St. James, Oke-Bola, Ibadan on May 14, 2008.

On May 26, 2008, he became the first Bishop of the Diocese of Ekiti Kwara Missionary Diocese from where he was translated to the Diocese of Ekiti and enthroned on August 13, 2022.

In his mission statement, the new Bishop plans to raise a formidable team of highly committed clergymen and lay people, as well as produce men, women and young people through focused Christian education, mentorship and discipleship.

Other plans include caring for the widows, orphans and the needy and also providing basic medical needs through funds raised for that purpose, promote unity among the three Houses of Bishop, Clergy and Laity, strengthen the Diocese to be financially and operationally self-sustaining. The Ekiti Diocese is now being bifurcated into two.