Emmanuel Mobiyina Oshoffa (born 1948) is accepted as pastor and spiritual leader of the Celestial Church of Christ

Celestial Church of Christ

The Celestial Church of Christ is an African Initiated Church founded by the Rev. Samuel Biléhou Joseph Oschoffa on 29 September 1947 in Porto-Novo, Benin...

 (CCC) by many of the church members, who consider that he succeeded the third pastor Philip Hunsu Ajose

Philip Hunsu Ajose

Philip Hunsu Ajose was the third Pastor of the Celestial Church of Christ , succeeding Alexander Abiodun Adebayo Bada on 2 October 2000 and being formally declared leader on 24 December 2000....

 who died in March 2001. A rival faction considers that Paul Suru Maforikan

Paul Suru Maforikan

Paul Suru Maforikan was appointed Pastor and spiritual leader of the Celestial Church of Christ following the death of Gilbert Oluwatosin Jesse in October 2003....

 is leader of the church.

Emmanuel Oshoffa was born in 1948 at Kpave, Benin

Benin

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.
He went to university in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France, gaining a Bachelor's degree in animal biological science in 1976, and a Masters degree in 1977. In 1997 he was appointed head of the CCC Diocese of France.