Festus Segun, Date of Birth

Festus Segun

Date of Birth: 20-Mar-1915

Profession: priest, deacon, lecturer

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Festus Oluwole Segun (born Ijebu Ode, 20 March 1915) was a Nigerian Anglican bishop.He was educated at Our Saviour's Primary School in Ijebu Ode; St.
Andrew's College in Oyo and Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone. He was ordained an Anglican deacon in 1951 and a priest in 1952.
He held posts in Ebute Metta, Aroloya and Yaba.
From 1956 to 1960 he studied at Union Theological Seminary in New York City before becoming a lecturer at St Augustine's College, Canterbury.
On his return to Lagos he was appointed provost of the Cathedral Church of Christ, Lagos, a post he held until 1970 when he became Bishop of Northern Nigeria.
In 1975 he was translated to Lagos.