Amongst the congregation at his consecration in 1864 was the captain of the ship which had rescued him and his old teacher Mrs Weeks. He worked in Nigeria after a stint at Fourah Bay College to spearhead the rising of the college to university status. His wife died in October 1877, soon after celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. Samuel Adjai Crowther died at midnight on New Year’s Day 1892.
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The Archbishop said Bishop Crowther was regarded as the father of Anglicanism in Nigeria
someone who was properly and rightly consecrated as Bishop was then betrayed, undermined and let down. It was wrong”. (Bishop Crowther’s mission in Africa had been undermined and dismantled by prejudiced missionary colleagues). The
Archbishop said Bishop Crowther was regarded as the father of Anglicanism in Nigeria and is credited with bringing many Nigerians to Christ. Today, well over 70 million Christians in Nigeria are his spiritual heirs.
Preaching at a thanksgiving and repentance service to mark the 150th anniversary of Bishop Crowther’s consecration on Sunday 30th June this year, the present Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby said: “This is a service of thanksgiving and repentance, shame and sorrow. For Anglicans need to say sorry that
Dr Ameyo Adadevoh, who sadly passed away on 19 August after treating and diagnosing Nigeria’s first case of Ebola Disease, was also a descendant of Adjai Crowther. Her great-grandfather was Herbert Macauley, one of the most celebrated founders of modern Nigeria, making her the great-great-great grand-daughter of Adjai Crowther. May her soul Rest in Peace. 12