Adelakun Howells

Adelakun Williamson Howells OBE was an Anglican Bishop in the second half of the 20th century.[1]

He was born on 17 September 1905,[2] educated at King's College, Lagos and ordained in 1928.[3] He was a Tutor at the CMS Training College at Awka and then held incumbenciesat Enugu and Fourah Bay. In 1951 he became Provost of Lagos and in 1955 its third Bishop, a post he held until his death on 7 March 1963.[4]

Notes
  1. History of lagos Diocese Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. “Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  4. The Times, Saturday 9 March 1963; page 10; Issue 55645; col E The Rt. Rev. A. W. Howells Bishop of Lagos
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Leslie Gordon Vining		 Bishop of Lagos
1919 –1940		 Succeeded by
Seth Irunsewe Kale


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