# Seth Kale > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Seth_Kale > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Seth_Kale.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Kale > Source revision: 1337695736 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Anglican bishop in Nigeria}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Archbishop | honorific-prefix = [The Right Reverend](/source/The_Right_Reverend) | name = Seth Kale | title = Bishop of Lagos | image = Seth Irunsewe Kale.jpeg | alt = | caption = | church = [Church of Nigeria](/source/Church_of_Nigeria) | archdiocese = | diocese = Diocese of Lagos | see = | appointed = December 1, 1963 | term = 1963–1974 | predecessor = [Adelakun Howells](/source/Adelakun_Howells) | successor = [Festus Segun](/source/Festus_Segun) | ordination = 1963 | ordinated_by = | consecration = 1963 | consecrated_by = [Cecil Patterson](/source/Cecil_Patterson_(bishop)) | rank = | birth_date = {{birth year|1904}} | birth_place = [Mobalufon](/source/Odogbolu), [Southern Nigeria Protectorate](/source/Southern_Nigeria_Protectorate), [British Nigeria](/source/British_Nigeria) | death_date = {{death year and age|1994|1904}} | death_place = [Mobalufon](/source/Odogbolu), [Ogun State](/source/Ogun_State), [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria) | buried = | nationality = Nigerian | parents = {{plainlist| *Jacob Kale (father) *Victoria Kale (mother)}} | spouse = Juliana Kale | children = Ayodele, Olatokunbo, Oladele, Oyemola, Oyebanjo, Olasimbo | occupation = {{flatlist| *[Educationist](/source/Educationist) *[theologist](/source/theologist)}} | alma_mater = {{plainlist| *[Ijebu Ode Grammar School](/source/Ijebu_Ode_Grammar_School) *[Fourah Bay College](/source/Fourah_Bay_College) *[University of London](/source/University_of_London)}} | previous_post = Canon of the Cathedral Church of Christ, Lagos }} '''Seth Irunsewe Kale''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}, [OON](/source/Orders%2C_decorations%2C_and_medals_of_Nigeria), [CFR](/source/Orders%2C_decorations%2C_and_medals_of_Nigeria) (June 6, 1904 – November 19, 1994) was a Nigerian Anglican bishop who served as Principal of [CMS Grammar School, Lagos](/source/CMS_Grammar_School%2C_Lagos) from 1944 to 1950 and as [Bishop of Lagos](/source/Bishop_of_Lagos) from 1963 to 1974.{{cite book|title=West Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubLjAAAAMAAJ|year=1963|publisher=West Africa Publishing Company, Limited}}{{cite book|author1=Raymond J. Smyke|author2=Denis C. Storer|title=Nigeria Union of Teachers: An Official History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P7G0AAAAIAAJ|year=1974|publisher=Oxford University Press}} He was consecrated a bishop on [St Andrew's Day](/source/St%26nbsp%3BAndrew's_Day) (30 November) 1963, by [Cecil Patterson](/source/Cecil_Patterson_(bishop)), [Archbishop of West Africa](/source/Archbishop_of_West_Africa).{{Church Times | title = picture caption | archive = 1963_12_13_024 | issue = 5261 | date = 13 December 1963 | page = 24 | accessed = 12 May 2020 }} He holds the distinction of being the first African to preach in the famous [St Paul's Cathedral, London](/source/St_Paul's_Cathedral). == Early life == Kale was born the eldest son of the family of seven on June 6, 1904, in Ipata, [Mobalufon](/source/Mobalufon), in [Odogbolu Local Government](/source/Odogbolu) of [Ogun State](/source/Ogun_State). His parents Pa Jacob and Mama Victoria Kale were said to be the first Christian converts in the village. At birth he was given the [Yoruba name](/source/Yoruba_People) '''Irunsewe''' meaning “we” (this one) “se” (happen); “irun” (nothing at all). This was on account of the early demise of the first 3 children of Victoria and Jacob. Irunsewe means no harm shall befall this one. On June 25, 1904 he was baptized with the name Seth. == Education == He started his formal education at the Christ Church Primary School, [Porogun, Ijebu-Ode](/source/Ijebu-Ode) in 1912 and later attended [Ijebu Ode Grammar School](/source/Ijebu_Ode_Grammar_School). In 1931 with assistance from the then principal of [Ijebu Ode Grammar School](/source/Ijebu_Ode_Grammar_School), Rev. [I.O Ransome-Kuti](/source/Israel_Oludotun_Ransome-Kuti), Kale became the first recipient of the prestigious [Mojola Agbebi scholarship](/source/Mojola_Agbebi) and was admitted to [Fourah Bay College](/source/Fourah_Bay_College), [Sierra Leone](/source/Sierra_Leone) where he earned a general degree of Bachelor of Arts. Thereafter, he went on to do one additional year leading to the Diploma in Theology in 1935. The following year he was employed as a teacher at [CMS Grammar School, Lagos](/source/CMS_Grammar_School%2C_Lagos). In 1939 he earned a post-graduate diploma in Education from the [University of London](/source/University_of_London). left|thumb|Seth Kale as the first recipient of the Agbebi Scholarship == Career == Kale returned from [London](/source/London) and was immediately appointed the acting principal of [CMS Grammar School, Lagos](/source/CMS_Grammar_School%2C_Lagos), it took only three years before he became the first [Nigerian](/source/Nigerian) to be appointed principal of the school in the twentieth century. In 1921, He was one of the founding members of the [National Union of Teachers](/source/National_Union_of_Teachers), including Vice-Principal, [Jonathan Lucas](/source/Olumide_Lucas) and Rev. [I.O Ransome-Kuti](/source/Israel_Oludotun_Ransome-Kuti).{{cite web |title=NUT Brief History |url=https://nutfctcoop.com/nut-brief-history |publisher=Nigeria Union of Teachers |access-date=14 June 2021}} He was still a principal at [CMS Grammar School, Lagos](/source/CMS_Grammar_School%2C_Lagos) when he became a deacon at the [Cathedral Church of Christ, Lagos](/source/Cathedral_Church_of_Christ%2C_Lagos) in 1942, he was ordained a priest on the anniversary of his diaconate in 1943. He became the first Nigerian principal of the long established St. Andrew’s Teachers’ Training College, [Oyo](/source/Oyo%2C_Oyo_State), in 1951.{{cite journal |last1=Ogunkoya |first1=T.O |title=Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria |journal=Historical Society of Nigeria |date=1979 |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=189–191 |jstor=41857208 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857208 |access-date=14 June 2021}} He was credited for restoring law and order in the college after years of alleged prejudices, class distinctions, and social differences, which had plagued the college. In 1963, at the Assembly of Church Prelates in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), Rev. Kale was elected the Bishop of Lagos and was consecrated on November 30, 1963. == Personal life == Kale was twenty-five years old when he married Juliana Oladunni Odukoya, the grand-daughter of [Oluwa Idele of Ijebu-Ode](/source/Ijebu-Ode). The couple were joined in holy matrimony on January 6, 1930 at St. Savior’s Church, [Italupe, Ijebu-Ode](/source/Ijebu-Ode). In 1969, he officiated the wedding of then president of Nigeria, [Yakubu Gowon](/source/Yakubu_Gowon) at the [Cathedral Church of Christ, Lagos](/source/Cathedral_Church_of_Christ%2C_Lagos).{{Cite news|title=Giowon's D-Day|date=19 April 1969|work=The Daily Sketch|location=Ibadan}} ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==Bibliography== *T'Ibi T'Ire, Oxford University Press, 1947 *{{cite book|author=Folarin Coker|title=The Rt. Reverend Seth Irunsewe Kale|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DiE_AAAAIAAJ|year=1974|publisher=CSS Press}} {{S-start}} {{S-rel|en}} {{S-bef|before= [Adelakun Howells](/source/Adelakun_Howells)}} {{S-ttl|title=[Bishop of Lagos](/source/Church_of_Nigeria)|years=1963–1974}} {{S-aft|after=[Festus Segun](/source/Festus_Segun)}} {{end}} {{Bishops of Lagos}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kale, Seth Irunsewe}} Category:1904 births Category:1994 deaths Category:Anglican bishops of Lagos Category:Fourah Bay College alumni Category:Nigerian educational theorists Category:People from Ogun State Category:20th-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria Category:Ijebu Ode Grammar School alumni Category:Yoruba Christian clergy Category:Yoruba educators Category:Heads of schools in Nigeria Category:Educators from Lagos Category:Yoruba writers Category:Alumni of the University of London Category:Members_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire Category:20th-century educational theorists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Seth Kale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Kale) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Kale?action=history)). 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