Announcements of recent changes in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. This blog serves as a supplement to the main Catholic-Hierarchy website. Note: this blog and the website are NOT officially sanctioned or approved by any church authority.
24 December 2007
Burke named Benin City Archbishop
Archbishop-designate Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. was named Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria. The archdiocese had been vacant since the retirement of Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu in November 2006. Archbishop-designate Burke had been serving as Bishop of Warri.
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