Obadja Iihuhua

Uushunga Obadja Iihuhua (born c. 1875, Omapale, Ondonga, Ovamboland, Namibia — died 10 June 1940)[1] was one of the first seven Ovambo pastors, whom the director of the Finnish Missionary Society, Matti Tarkkanen ordained into priesthood in Oniipa, Ovamboland, on 27 September 1925, with a permission granted by the Bishop of Tampere, Jaakko Gummerus. His brother Sakeus Iihuhua was also ordained at the same time.[2]

Iihuhua went to school in Oniipa in 1916–19 and studied at the Oniipa pastoral seminary during 1922–25. He worked in the Oniipa school during 1920–21, and as a pastor in Uukwaluudhi in 1925 and in Uukolonkadhi during 1926–40.[1]

Iihuhua was married in 1925 to Maria gaNepundo (b. 1906) and had two sons and three daughters with her.[1]

References
  1. Nambala, Shekutaamba V. V. (1995). Ondjokonona yaasita naateolohi muELCIN 1925–1992 ['Register of ELCIN Clergy 1925–1992']. Oniipa, Namibia: ELCIN.
  2. Peltola 1958, p. 212.

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.
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