{{short description|Anglican bishop of Nigeria}} {{Infobox Christian leader | honorific_prefix = The Most Reverend | name = Adebayo Akinde | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | birth_name = Adebayo Dada Akinde | birth_date = 25 August 1946 | birth_place = Kaduna, Nigeria | denomination = Anglican | alma_mater = | education = Obafemi Awolowo University; University College London; University of Sussex | occupation = Academic, Bishop | title = Archbishop of Lagos Province (retired) | diocese = Diocese of Lagos Mainland | term = 2006–2016 | predecessor = (newly created) | successor = (as Bishop of Lagos Mainland) | consecration = 28 June 2006 | motto = | spouse = Dr. Bassey Akinde (d. 2025) | children = Three sons | awards = | signature = | website = }}
'''Most Rev. (Prof) Adebayo Akinde'''<ref name="pafcentre">{{cite web|url=https://pafcentre.org/our_team/prof-akinde/|title=The Rt Revd Adebayo Akinde » PAF Youth Centre Portal |website=pafcentre.org|access-date=2020-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Amos |date=2016-07-03 |title=Encomiums for Professor Adebayo Akinde, computer guru, Bishop, Archbishop at 70 |url=https://guardian.ng/sunday-magazine/ibru-ecumenical-centre/encomiums-for-professor-adebayo-akinde-computer-guru-bishop-archbishop-at-70/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2025-12-31 |newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB}}</ref> {{Audio|Adebayo_Akinde.wav|listen}}is an academic and bishop in Nigeria.<ref name="linkedin">{{cite web|url=https://ng.linkedin.com/public-profile/in/adebayo-akinde-7471237a?challengeId=AQGzXdhvr_fBWwAAAXZBahOp4iT35ts3ls3vwpWbzd3anGhFj_P2qKd6LZLGPaNfvQZL3LU5UtSGM7pgKeOu1q5CUc9P4na9MQ&submissionId=1c56f8cf-a4af-4e16-ac55-b6d9dcf1400e|website=ng.linkedin.com|title=LinkedIn, Nigeria|access-date=2020-12-08}}{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}[[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref>
He was born in Kaduna on 25 August 1946. He was educated at Obafemi Awolowo University; University College, London; and the University of Sussex. He was on the staff of Obafemi Awolowo University from 1973 to 2002, specializing in electronic engineering and computing. Akinde was ordained deacon in 1979 and priest in 1981. In 1992, he became a Canon and the following year an Archdeacon. He was Provost of the Cathedral of St. Peter, Abeokuta from 2000 until 2006.<ref name="worldanglican">{{cite web|url=https://www.worldanglican.com/nigeria/lagos/the-church-of-nigeria-anglican-communion/the-rt-revd-adebayo-akinde|title=The Rt Revd Adebayo Akinde - The Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) - Anglican Communion|website=worldanglican.com|access-date=2020-12-08}}</ref> He was Bishop of Lagos Mainland and Archbishop of Lagos, retiring in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2017 Bishop's Charge {{!}} Egba Anglican Diocese|url=https://egbadiocese.org/2017/05/04/858/|access-date=2021-03-10|website=egbadiocese.org|archive-date=2021-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828154821/https://egbadiocese.org/2017/05/04/858/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He became Archbishop of Lagos Province on 19 January 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Live|first=PM NEWS|date=2013-01-12|title=Nigeria's Anglicans unveil 5 archbishops|url=https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/01/12/nigerias-anglicans-unveil-5-archbishops/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-03-15|newspaper=P.M. News|language=en-US}}</ref>
He was elected pioneer Bishop of Lagos Mainland during the Episcopal Synod on 28 June 2006, at All Saints Church, Wuse, Abuja.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Church of Nigeria has announced the election of new Bishops|url=https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2006/07/the-church-of-nigeria-has-announced-the-election-of-new-bishops.aspx|access-date=2021-03-18|website=www.anglicannews.org}}</ref>
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