Isaac Oluwole

Isaac Oluwole (1852–1932) was a Nigerian bishop of Sierra Leonean and Egba heritage. He was one of the most prominent emigrants from Sierra Leone resident in Lagos during the second half of the nineteenth century. From 1879-1893, he was the principal of the CMS Grammar School, Lagos and was later ordained a priest. During his time, he was one of the most loved among his peers of clergymen.^[1] A reason which may have led to his recommendation as a bishop after a leading radical candidate, James Johnson, complained about the neglect of indigenous control of the Church of Missionary Society.

Life

Photograph of Lagos Mission in 1885. Back row: W. Morgan, Chas. Phillips, J. White, Archdeacon Hamilton, Nathaniel Johnson, Isaac Oluwole, R.E. Willoughby Middle row: Rev. V.S. Wright, Mrs. Ingham, Bishop Ingham, Mrs Darwin Fox, Rev. James Johnson, Rev. J.W. Dickinson Front row: Rev. F.W.Dodd, Rev. W. Darwin Fox

Isaac Oluwole went to the premier West African College, Fourah Bay, where he earned his bachelor degree. He was first among three students to obtain a bachelor degree from the school, which had become affiliated with the University of Durham. He later became the principal of the Church Missionary Society, Grammar school, Lagos, in 1879, taking over from Rev T. B. Macaulay, a son-in-law of Bishop Ajayi Crowther. He was ordained a deacon in 1881 and later became the assistant bishop of Western Equatorial Africa in 1893.^[2] He was ordained at St Paul's Cathedral, London on June 29 and was subsequently awarded a doctor of divinity degree from the University of Durham.^[3] His son Isaac Ladipo Oluwole studied medicine at the University of Glasgow graduating MB ChB in 1918.^[4]

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• Church of Nigeria history