Solomon Tilewa Johnson

Solomon Tilewa Johnson (left)

Right Reverend Solomon Tilewa Ethelbert Willie Johnson (preferably with the name "Tilewa") (born February 27, 1954 in Banjul , Gambia ; † January 21, 2014 in Bakau - Fajara ) was the Anglican Bishop of Gambia and Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of West Africa .

Life

education

Solomon Tilewa Johnson was born in Banjul (then called Bathurst). From 1962 to 1966 he attended elementary school, then he was at Gambia High School until 1974 . In Nigeria, at Trinity College in Umuahia , he received his diploma in theology (1977-1980) and in the United Kingdom , at the University of Durham , his BA (Hons) Theology ; his dissertation : "The Impact of African Communal Ritual on Modern Christian Missions 1821-1965". In August 1997 he graduated from Oxford University with a Summer Program in Theology certificate .

Church career

In 1979 he became a deacon and in 1980 an ordained priest . He was ordained the sixth Bishop of Gambia in 1990, succeeding Jean Rigalle Elysée . He was the first bishop to come from the Gambia itself.

On September 28, 2012 Johnson was elected Archbishop of the Province of West Africa (also Primate of West Africa ).

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Johnson married the teacher Priscilla Modupeh (Mummy) Gladys , daughter of Cecilia Cole , in 1980 and had a son and two daughters with her. He was very active in sports, in addition to tennis, table tennis, billiards, badminton, squash, swimming, yoga and cricket, he played basketball. He was a member of the Gambian national basketball team from 1970 to 1977 .

He died while playing tennis at the Fajara Tennis Club when he was only 59 years old. In the Medical Research Council (MRC), where he was taken, only his death could be determined by the doctors.

Web links

Jan Butter: Anglican Communion shocked by West Africa Primate's sudden death. In: Anglican Communion News Service. Anglican Consultative Council, January 22, 2014, accessed December 9, 2017 .

Individual evidence

^ Solomon Tilewa Johnson elected primate of West Africa episcopaldigitalnetwork.com, accessed January 23, 2014
^ AllAfrica.com: Gambia: The Life of Bishop Johnson. February 25, 2014, accessed January 17, 2019 .
↑ Momodou Faal: Late Archbishop Tilewa Johnson laid to rest. In: The Daily Observer . February 24, 2014, archived from the original on February 27, 2014 ; accessed on December 9, 2017 .
^ Omar Wally: Gambia mourns death of Archbishop Tilewa Johnson. In: The Daily Observer. February 23, 2014, archived from the original on April 6, 2014 ; accessed on December 9, 2017 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Jean Rigalle Elysee	Bishop of Gambia 1990–2014	vacant
Justice Ofei Akrofi	Archbishop of the Province of West Africa 2012–2014	vacant

personal data
SURNAME	Johnson, Solomon Tilewa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Johnson, Solomon Tilewa Ethelbert Willie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Gambian Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Gambia, Archbishop of West Africa
DATE OF BIRTH	February 27, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Banjul , Gambia
DATE OF DEATH	January 21, 2014
Place of death	Bakau - Fajara

[1] Solomon Tilewa Johnson elected primate of West Africa episcopaldigitalnetwork.com, accessed January 23, 2014

[:0-2] AllAfrica.com: Gambia: The Life of Bishop Johnson. February 25, 2014, accessed January 17, 2019 .

[3] Momodou Faal: Late Archbishop Tilewa Johnson laid to rest. In: The Daily Observer . February 24, 2014, archived from the original on February 27, 2014 ; accessed on December 9, 2017 .

[4] Omar Wally: Gambia mourns death of Archbishop Tilewa Johnson. In: The Daily Observer. February 23, 2014, archived from the original on April 6, 2014 ; accessed on December 9, 2017 .