PERSONAL DATA:

Names:                                   ODUBENA, Akinwande Godwin Ayonuga,

Level:                                     Venerable Dr.,

Date & Place of Birth:          23/03/1967      {Ode-Lemo, Sagamu, Ogun State}

Marital Status:                      Married.

FAMILY DATA:

Wife’s Name:                         Favour Omobolanle Olumuyiwa Odubena,  (Nee Paseda)

Level:                                     Deputy Director – Lagos State Min. of Environment & Water Resources

Wife’s Date & Place of Birth:  17/01/1974    {Oru-Ijebu, Ogun State}

Date of Marriage:                 26/12/1998,

Number of Children:            Three (3)

Name of Children:               (1)       Dr. Miss Faith Ayomide Odubena 10/10/1999

                                                (2)       Miss. Hope Olamide Odubena 10/11/2002

                                                (3)       Miss. Love Iremide Odubena 11/01/2005

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Primary School:        –           St. Paul’s Anglican Primary School, Ijoku Sagamu, 1973 – 1978.

Post Primary:            –           Sapade Grammar School, Isara Remo, Ogun State, 1978 – 1979

                                    –           Methodist Secondary Commercial College, Sagamu 1979 – 1984

                                    –           Ogun State School of Basic Studies, Sagamu.

                                    –           Muslim High School, Sagamu 1984 – 1985

                                    –           Institute of Draugthmanship, Sagamu 1984 – 1987

                                    –           Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan 1987 – 1990

                                    –           Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife 1993 – 1998

                                    –           University of Ibadan, 1998 – 1999

                                    –           University of Ibadan, 2006 – 2008

                                    –           Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky, USA, 2019 – 2023   

QUALIFICATIONS:          

                                                Certificate                                                     Year   

                                                FLSC                                                              1978

                                                WASC                                                            1985

                                                Dip. Draugth.                                                 1987

                                                Dip. Th.                                                           1990,

                                                B.A. (Hons)                                                    1998

                                                M.A.                                                                1999

                                                M.P.P.                                                             2008

                                                D.Min.                                                            2023

ORDINATION:                    TITLE                        YEAR                         Diocese

                                      Deacon:                       24/06/1990                  Diocese of Lagos

                                      Priest:                          23/06/1991                  Diocese of Lagos

PREFERMENT:               Canon:                        03/05/2004                  Diocese of Lagos

                                     Archdeacon:               31/03/2007                  Diocese of Lagos

Date of Employment:  June 1990, by Ordination, Stipendiary.

EXPERIENCES:      

Church:                                                          Designation                Year   

St. Michael’s Church, Epe,                             Curate,                        June 1990 -June 1993,  

St. Paul’s Church, Idotun, Epe,                       Vicar                           July 1993-January 1998

St. Jude’s Church, Ebute Metta                    Curate                         January 1998 – July 2002

All Saints’ Church, J.M.J. Olodi Apapa         Vicar                           July 2002 – 5th January 2004

St. John’s Church, Aroloya, Lagos                 Vicar                           January, 2004-December 2013

St. Paul’s Church, Breadfruit, Lagos,           Vicar & The Archdeacon      5th December, 2013-18th

                                                                        of Lagos,                            January, 2019

Holy Trinity Church, Ebute-Ero, Lagos  – Vicar & The Archdeacon     18th January, 2019-2nd Nov. 2020

                                                                        of Eti-Osa

St. Andrew’s Church, Aiyetoro,                     Vicar                         2nd November, 2020 Till Date  Ajegunle, Apapa Lagos                                                            

Other Positions Held:

Chaplain – Ebute-Metta Archdeaconry Sunday School, 1998-2002

Secretary – Directorate of Sunday School, Diocese of Lagos, 2000 – 2005

Assistant Director – Directorate of Sunday School, Diocese of Lagos, 2005- 2007

Director – Directorate of Sunday School, Diocese of Lagos, May 2007- Sept. 2019           

Director – Directorate of Hospital Chaplaincy / Medical Commission, Sept. 2019 – Date

Secretary – Eti-Osa Archdeaconry 2004 – 2013

Vicar / Archdeacon – St. Paul’s Church, Breadfruit / Lagos Archdeaconry, December 2013- Jan. 2019

Vicar / Archdeacon – Holy Trinity Church, Ebute-Ero / Eti-Osa Archdeaconry, Jan. 2019 – Nov. 2020

Member – DIVCCON Secretariat & Souvenir Committee 2011 till date.

Head CON Writers’ Group: – Young People & Sunday School Children’s Syllabus –                                                                             Church of Nigeria 2012 till Date.

Secretary:-  Church of Nigeria Business Team in charge of All Publications 2019  till date    

Provincial Co-Ordinator:- Province of Lagos Anglican Children Ministry {ACM} 2020 till date.