Margaret Idahosa

Margaret Idahosa
Residence Benin, Nigeria
Nationality Nigerian
Known for
  • Preaching
Title Evangelist,Preacher and Pastor
Spouse(s) late Bishop Ben Idahosa

Margaret Idahosa (born 29 July 1943) is a Nigerian preacher, pastor, author, evangelist and the Archbishop of the Church of God Mission International. She is the first African female Archbishop. She is the wife of the late Archbishop Benson Idahosa.[1] She is the Chancellor of Benson Idahosa University.[1]

Background

Margret was born on 29 July 1943 into a royal family in Benin Kingdom of Edo State, Nigeria. She was inducted into the ministry on 24 May 1983 and became a Bishop on 5 April 1998. She is married to the late Archbishop Benson Idahosa, the founder of the Church of God Mission International. She is the author of The Womb of harvest, Tearing the veil, The Female minister, and Expansion without Limit.[2] She is the first Nigerian woman to be ordained as archbishop and the first female chancellor of a university in Africa.[3] She became an archbishop in November 2009.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Alex, Kola (15 June 2013). "At 70, men still run after me – Rev. Margaret Idahosa". Vanguard. Vangurd Newspaper. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Archbishop Margaret Benson-Idahosa". Edo World. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 Femi Adelegan (April 2013). Nigeria's Leading Lights of the Gospel: Revolutionaries in Worldwide Christianity. WestBow Press. pp. 241–. ISBN 978-1-4497-6954-3.


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