Festus Segun

'''Festus Oluwole Segun''' (20 March 1915 – 2024) was a Nigerian Anglican bishop.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dioceseoflagos.org/?/page/rt-revd-festus-oluwole-segun/|title=Diocese of Lagos {{!}} Church of Nigeria {{!}} (Anglican Communion) -|website=www.dioceseoflagos.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref>

Segun was born in Ijebu Ode. He was educated at Our Saviour's Primary School in Ijebu Ode; St. Andrew's College in Oyo and Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone.

Segun was ordained an Anglican deacon in 1951 and a priest in 1952.<ref>''Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}</ref> He held posts in Ebute Metta, Aroloya and Yaba. From 1956 to 1960 he studied at Union Theological Seminary in New York City before becoming a lecturer at St Augustine's College, Canterbury. On his return to Lagos, he was appointed provost of the Cathedral Church of Christ, Lagos, a post he held until 1970 when he became Bishop of Northern Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.osundefender.org/?tag=very-reverend-festus-oluwole-segun |title=Osun Defender |access-date=2015-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601221636/http://www.osundefender.org/?tag=very-reverend-festus-oluwole-segun |archive-date=2015-06-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1975 he was translated to Lagos, a role that he retired from in 1985. He was also involved in the foundation of the Christian Association of Nigeria.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oritsejafor's looming exit sparks CAN succession battle |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/oritsejafors-looming-exit-sparks-can-succession-battle/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=23 February 2023 |date=8 May 2016|newspaper=Vanguard}}</ref>

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