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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Benin City

Nigeria Nigeria

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Auchi, Issele-Uku, Uromi, Warri

History

  • 1884.05.02: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Upper Niger / Niger Superiore (Italiano) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas)
  • 1911.08.24: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Western Nigeria / Nigeria Occidentale (Italiano) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Eastern Nigeria)
  • 1918.08.24: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Western Nigeria / Nigeria Occidentale (Italiano)
  • 1934.07.09: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Calabar and Apostolic Prefecture of Benue
  • 1943.01.12: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Asaba-Benin
  • 1950.04.18: Promoted as Diocese of Benin City / Urbis Beninen(sis) (Latin)
  • 1955.02.21: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Kabba
  • 1964.03.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Warri
  • 1973.07.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Issele-Uku
  • 1994.03.26: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Benin City / Urbis Beninen(sis) (Latin)
  • 2002.12.04: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Auchi
  • 2005.12.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Uromi

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2011.03.18 – ...):Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze (55)Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze (55)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Benin City (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze (55)Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze (55)
(2011.03.18 – ...)

Born:1956.08.25 (Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1987.10.03
Consecrated Bishop:2006.02.25

Bishop of Uromi (Nigeria) (2005.12.14 – 2011.03.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Benin City (Nigeria) (2011.03.18 – ...)

Bishop Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji (80)Bishop Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji (80)
(Apostolic Administrator 2010.05.31 – 2011.03.18)

Archbishop Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. (62)Archbishop Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. (62)
(2007.12.24 – 2010.05.31)

Born:1949.02.19 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1975.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:1996.01.06

Coadjutor Bishop of Warri (Nigeria) (1995.12.06 – 1997.03.03)

Bishop of Warri (Nigeria) (1997.03.03 – 2007.12.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Benin City (Nigeria) (2007.12.24 – 2010.05.31)

Apostolic Administrator of Warri (Nigeria) (2008.01 – 2010.03.29)

Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu (80)Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu (80)
(1994.03.26 – 2006.11.21)

Born:1931.10.26 (Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1963.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:1971.11.21

Titular Bishop of Castabala (1971.06.05 – 1973.07.05)

Coadjutor Bishop of Benin City (Nigeria) (1971.06.05 – 1973.07.05)

Bishop of Benin City (Nigeria) (1973.07.05 – 1994.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Benin City (Nigeria) (1994.03.26 – 2006.11.21)

Bishops of Benin City (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu (80)Bishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu (80) (later Archbishop)
(1973.07.05 – 1994.03.26)

(see above)

Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A.
(1950.04.18 – 1973.07.05)

Born:1894.08.31
Ordained Priest:1921.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1940.06.02
Died:1991.08.18 († 96)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Nigeria (Nigeria) (1939.12.11 – 1943.01.12)

Titular Bishop of Thignica (1939.12.11 – 1950.04.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Asaba-Benin (Nigeria) (1943.01.12 – 1950.04.18)

Bishop of Benin City (Nigeria) (1950.04.18 – 1973.07.05)

Vicars Apostolic of Asaba-Benin (Roman Rite)

Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A.
(1943.01.12 – 1950.04.18)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Western Nigeria (Roman Rite)

Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A.
(1939.12.11 – 1943.01.12)

(see above)

Bishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. (later Archbishop)
(1934.02.26 – 1939.06.13)

Born:1889.09.27
Ordained Priest:1914.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:1934.06.24
Died:1965.10.27 († 76)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Nigeria (Nigeria) (1934.02.26 – 1939.06.13)

Titular Bishop of Vartana (1934.02.26 – 1950.04.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Bight of Benin (Nigeria) (1939.06.13 – 1943.01.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Lagos (Nigeria) (1943.01.12 – 1950.04.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lagos (Nigeria) (1950.04.18 – 1965.10.27)

Bishop Thomas Broderick, S.M.A.
(1918.08.24 – 1933.10.13)

Born:1882.12.23 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1906
Consecrated Bishop:1918.09.10
Died:1933.10.13 († 50)

Titular Bishop of Petnelissus (1918.08.24 – 1933.10.13)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Nigeria (Nigeria) (1918.08.24 – 1933.10.13)

Prefects Apostolic of Western Nigeria (Roman Rite)

Fr. Carlo Zappa, S.M.A.
(1911 – 1917)

Died:1917

Prefect Apostolic of Western Nigeria (Nigeria) (1911 – 1917)

Former Prelates


as of 2012.01.15

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