Gideon Iitula

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Gideon Iitula (b. Ovamboland, Namibia) was one of the first seven Ovambo pastors, whom the director of the Finnish Missionary Society, ordained into priesthood in Oniipa, Ovamboland, on 27 September 1925, with a permission granted by the Bishop of Tampere, .[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ Peltola 1958, p. 212.
  2. ^ Pentti 1958, p. 113.

Sources[]

  • Peltola, Matti (1958). Sata vuotta suomalaista lähetystyötä 1859–1959. II: Suomen Lähetysseuran Afrikan työn historia [One Hundred Years of Finnish Missionary Work 1859–1959. II: The History of FMS's Missionary Work in Africa]. Helsinki: The Finnish Missionary Society.
  • Elias Pentti (ed.) (1958). Ambomaa [‘Ovamboland’]. Helsinki: The Finnish Missionary Society. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)


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