James Allen Yaw Odico

James Allen Yaw Odico was a retired Anglican bishop who previously served as Bishop of Gambia.

Education

He was educated at Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan and ordained deacon in 1999 and priest in 2002.
He served as priest in Serekunda and Banjul. In 2014 he became Vicar general of the Anglican Diocese of Gambia; and in 2015, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Mary, Banjul.

Consecration

Odico was consecrated and enthroned as the seventh Bishop of Gambia on Sunday 24 January 2016. The five-hour service was presided over by the Primate of the Church of the Province of West Africa, the Most Reverend Daniel Yinka Sarfo, Bishop of Kumasi and Archbishop of Ghana.

Death

Odico died in the late evening of 23 September 2025.