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Peter Akinola
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Peter Akinola was ordained a priest in the Anglican Church of Nigeria in 1979. Soon after
ordination, he moved to the United States to study at the Virginia Theological Seminary, where
he graduated with a master’s degree. Upon his return to Nigeria, he served in
the Abuja diocese, being consecrated as bishop in 1989. In 1998 he became archbishop in
Islam-dominated northern Nigeria, and in 2000 he was elected primate of all Nigeria, the
second biggest church in the Anglican Communion. He also served as Archbishop of the Abuja
Province and President of the Christian Association of Nigeria. Upon his retirement as Primate
of Nigeria in 2010, he launched the Peter Akinola Foundation.
