Church Roman Catholic Ordination 1987 Name Augustine Akubeze | Denomination Roman Catholic Nationality Nigeria Consecration 2006 | |
Birth name Augustine Obiora Akubeze Archdiocese | ||
On 18 March 2011 Vatican Information Service reported that Pope Benedict XVI had appointed Bishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Uromi, Nigeria, as metropolitan archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City, Nigeria (area 13,678, population 1,761,701, Catholics 123,350, priests 69, religious 146), effective on 28 March 2011. The archbishop-elect was born in Kaduna, Nigeria in 1956, he was ordained a priest in 1987 and consecrated a bishop in 2006.
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