Bola Odeleke

Odeleke is from Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, southwestern Nigeria.^[3] She had her primary and secondary education at Ilesa, her mother's hometown.^[4] She became a Christian in 1970 but began her evangelism in November 1974, celebrating her 40th anniversary in the ministry in August 2014.^[5] She became a bishop on 28 May 1995, and was the first African woman to become a bishop.^[6]