Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos (Anglican Communion) Rt. Revd Humphrey Olumakaiye will be buried in Idanre, Ondo State on December 8, 2022.
Olumakaiye died on October 31, 2022 at the age of 53 following a battle with an undisclosed ailment.
Olumakaiye was translated into the Diocese of Lagos on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, and enthroned as the eighth bishop of Lagos on July 30, 2018, at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos.
On September 25, 2021, he became the archbishop of the province of Lagos and was officially enthroned on Sunday, November 7, 2021, at the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Gwarimpa, Abuja.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu described his death as a “personal loss” to him.
“The death of Archbishop Humphrey Bamisebi Olumakaiye, who I have known for many years as a fellow Anglican came to me as a rude shock. His death is a great loss to the Anglican Communion, especially the Diocese of Lagos. But we must always take solace in God that our Lord Bishop lived a good life and served humanity passionately,” Mr Sanwo-Olu said.
The clergyman is survived by his wife Prof Motunrayo Olumakaiye and their son Richard Olumakaiye.
