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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

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Benin City (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. (61)Archbishop Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. (61)
(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 (78)Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu (78)
(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 (78)Bishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu (78) (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 2010.08.24

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