John Onaiyekan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Education and early career== Onaiyekan was born in the town of [[Kabba]], in what is now [[Kogi State]], to Bartholomew and Joann Onaiyekan. He attended St. Mary's Catholic School in Kabba from 1949 until 1956, Mount St. Michael's Secondary School in [[Aliade]], [[Benue State]], from 1957 until 1962, and [[Ss. Peter & Paul Major Seminary]] in [[Bodija]], [[Ibadan]], from 1963 until 1965. He completed his religious studies in Rome in 1969 and was ordained as a priest on 3 August of that year by Bishop Auguste Delisle of Lokoja Diocese.<ref name=ac>{{cite web |url=http://www.abujacatholics.org/archbishop.html |title=Archbishop's Page |access-date=11 November 2007 |publisher=Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911032227/http://www.abujacatholics.org/archbishop.html |archive-date=11 September 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Ahmadu Bello]], [[Premier of Northern Nigeria|Premier]] of Nigeria's [[Northern Region, Nigeria|Northern Region]], had offered him a scholarship to study abroad.<ref>{{cite news |first=Matthew Hassan |last=Kukah |title=Peace in a Time of War |url=http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2003/03/23/20030323isu01.html |work=[[Thisday]] online |publisher=Leaders & Company |date=23 March 2003 |access-date=11 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041227164156/http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2003/03/23/20030323isu01.html |archive-date=27 December 2004 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Onaiyekan taught at [[St. Kizito's College]], [[Isanlu]], in 1969. He became rector of [[St. Clement Junior Seminary]] in [[Lokoja]] in 1971. He completed his [[Licentiate (degree)|Licentiate]] of [[Sacred Scripture]] at the [[Pontifical Biblical Institute]] in 1973 and earned his doctorate in 1976.<ref name=ac/> He became Vice Rector of Ss. Peter & Paul in 1977.<ref name=ac/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page