The Archbishop of Lagos Province, Anglican Communion and Bishop of Lagos Diocese, Most Reverend Humphrey Olumakaiye, is dead.
He was aged 53.
A highly reliable source within the Lagos Diocese told Tribune Online that Olumakaiye died in the early hours of Monday, October 31, following a protracted battle with an undisclosed ailment.
Olumakaiye was elected for translation into the Diocese of Lagos on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 and enthroned as the eighth Bishop of Lagos on Monday, July 30, 2018 at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos.
Just a year ago, on September 25, 2021, he became the Archbishop of the Province of Lagos and was officially enthroned on Sunday, November 7, 2021 at the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Gwarimpa.
Olumakaiye was born on January 28, 1969.