Dr. Michael Olusina Fape, the archbishop of Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos and Bishop of Remo Anglican Diocese, Church of Nigeria will deliver the 33rd Convocation Lecture of West Africa Seminary, Ipaja Lagos on September 9, 2023.

The theme of the Convocation Lecture is “Pastoral Leadership and Development of a National Ethos.”

The Most. Rev. Fape, an alumnus of University of lbadan, where he graduated with Second Class Upper before he obtained the Master of Sacred Theology (S.T.M). degree from the Yale University Divinity School, New Haven, CT. U.S.A in 1990; and between 1992 and 1996 was awarded the Langham Trust Scholarship to study for his Ph.D degree in New Testament Studies at the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, graduating in 1996.

Dr. Fape is a dedicated Pastor and Teacher whose pastoral and teaching ministries have brought joy to many lives in various churches in Nigeria, USA and the UK.

He was formerly a Senior Lecturer at Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan, where he lectured in New Testament Studies, New Testament Greek, Homiletics, and Clinical Theology.

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Fape, before his election as Bishop, was the Clerical Secretary, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion. He is the current Bishop of the Diocese of Remo, Chairman Church of Nigeria Theological Resource Group (CON TG); and Archbishop, Lagos Ecclesiastical Province.

Expected at the event are church leaders, captains of industry, and other eminent personalities in the society.

The Provost of the Seminary, Rev Dr Dauda A. Gava is expected to preside over the Convocation ceremony, according to Dr. Tosin Awolalu, the Director of Administration.

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