Isaac Oluwole

Infobox Person
name = Isaac Oluwole


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birth_date = 1852
birth_place = Sierra Leone
death_date = 1932
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education = Fourah Bay
occupation = Clergy
spouse = Abigail Oluwole
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children = Abigail Tinuola Philips; Isaac Lapido Oluwole

Isaac Oluwole (1852-1932) was a Nigerian bishop of Sierra Leonean and Egba heritage. He was one of the most prominent emigrants from Sierra Leone resident in Lagos during the second half of the nineteenth century. From 1979-1893, he was the principal of the C.M.S. grammar school and was later ordained a priest. During his time, he was one of the most loved among his peers of clergymen.Ayandele, Emmanuel "Holy" Johnson, Pioneer of African Nationalism, 1836-1917, Routledge, 1970.p 108, 153-155, 249. ISBN 0714617431] A reason which may have led to his recommendation as a bishop after a leading radical candidate, James Johnson, complained about the neglect of indigenous control of the Church of Missionary Society.

Life

Isaac Oluwole went to the premier West African College, Fourah Bay, where he earned his bachelor degree. He was first among three students to obtain a bachelor degree from the school, which had become affiliated with the University of Durham. He later became the principal of the Church Missionary Society, Grammar school, Lagos, in 1879, taking over from Rev T.B. Macaulay, a son in law of Bishop Ajayi Crowther. He was ordained a deacon in 1881 and later became the assistant bishop of Western Equatorial Africa in 1893. [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp61434 National Photo Gallery.] ] He was ordained at St Paul's Cathedral, London on June 29th and was subsequently awarded a doctor of divinity degree from the University of Durham. Eugene Stock. The History of the Church Missionary Society: Its Environment, Its Men and Its. p 398.] His son Isaac Lapido Oluwole studied medicine at the University of Glasgow graduating MB ChB in 1918.

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* [http://www.anglican-nig.org/history.htm Church of Nigeria history]