Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo

Most Rev Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo is the Catholic Bishop of Oyo diocese.[1] He was born on the 13th of July 1961.[2] He was ordained a Catholic Priest by the then Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oyo, Most rev Julius Babatunde Adelakun on the 4th of January, 1986. He was appointed the Catholic Bishop of Oyo by Pope Benedict XVI after the retirement of Julius Babatunde Adelakun on 14 August 2007.[3]

His Lordship

Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo
Catholic Bishop of Oyo
Appointed14 August 2007
Installed20 October 2007
PredecessorJulius Babatunde Adelakun
Personal details
Born (1961-07-13) July 13, 1961
NationalityNigerian
DenominationCatholic

Early life

Emmanuel Badejo was born into a catholic family on the 13th of July 1961.[4] The young Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo after his secondary education in the Minor Seminary , studied philosophy at the Regional Major Seminary of Ss. Peter and Paul Ibadan Oyo state[5] after the successful completion of his studies, received a Bachelor of Theology degree from the Pontifical Urban University in Rome Italy.

Church leader

Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo was ordained a Catholic Priest on January 4, 1986 in Osogbo by Bishop Julius Babatunde Adelakun the then Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oyo. Emmanuel Badejo was the President of the Association of Nigerian Priests and Religious in Rome (1993-1994)

He was appointed to work in the Department of Communication at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria in Lagos(1996-2003). During this period, he founded and was the First National Chaplain of the Catholic Artistes and Entertainers Association of Nigeria, (Film/Video) CAEAN from 2005-2006.[6]

on August 14, 2007 Rev Fr Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo was elected bishop of the Diocese of Oyo. He received his Episcopal ordination on the 20th day of October, 2007 and became Most Reverend Dr Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo.

He publicly assumed office on the 20th November, 2009 after the retirement of Julius Babatunde Adelakun

APPOINTMENT TO THE VATICAN DICASTERY

Pope Francis appointed Bishop Badejo a member of the Vatican Dicastery on Friday December 3rd 2021.[7]

The Dicastery of Communications is the administrative department of the Holy See through which the Pope directs affairs that pertain to Social Communications in the Roman Catholic Church.

Other members appointed to the dicastery along with Bishop Badejo are, His Eminence Cardinal Maura Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv, archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, Archbishop Jorge Eduardo Lozano of San Juan de Cuyo, Secretary General of the Latin American Episcopal Council (C.E.L.A.M.), Archbishop Borys Gudziak of Philadelphia of the Ukranians, and Reverend Sr. Nathalie Becquart, X.M.C.J., undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops.

References
  1. Catholic, Diocese of Oyo (20 October 2009). "Bishop Badejo of Oyo". Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. Catholic Bishops conference of Nigeria, (CBCN) (10 January 2018). "Bishop Badejo Information". Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  3. Agenzia, Fides (3 September 2007). "Pope Benedict XVI appoints Rev Fr Badejo Coadjutor Bishop of Oyo". Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. "Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN)". www.cbcn-ng.org. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  5. "CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF OYO". www.catholicdioceseoyo.org. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  6. "CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF OYO". www.catholicdioceseoyo.org. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  7. "Pope appoints Bishop Badejo to Vatican Dicastery". Naija Times. 2021-12-03. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
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