Augustine Obiora Akubeze is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church and serves as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City, as of 2011.
Augustine Obiora Akubeze | |
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| Archbishop of Benin City | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Benin City |
| See | Benin City |
| Appointed | 18 March 2011 |
| Installed | 28 April 2011 |
| Predecessor | Richard Anthony Burke |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Uromi (2005-11) Vice-President of the Nigerian Episcopal Conference (2012-18) President of Catholic bishops conference of Nigeria (2018-2022) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 3 October 1987 |
| Consecration | 25 February 2006 by Anthony Olubunmi Okogie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Augustine Obiora Akubeze August 25, 1956 |
| Styles of Augustine Obiora Akubeze | |
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| Reference style | His Excellency |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
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, effective on 28 March 2011. He was born in Kaduna, Nigeria in 1956; he was ordained a priest in 1987 and consecrated a bishop in 2006.[1]
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edit- ^ vanguard (2011-04-28). "New Archbishop installed at Benin Archdiocese of Catholic Church". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
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