Archbishop-designate Augustine Obiora Akubeze was named Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria.
The archdiocese had been vacant since the resignation of Archbishop Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. in May 2010.
Archbishop-designate Akubeze had been serving as Bishop of Uromi.
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.
Blog Archive
-
▼
2011
(393)
-
▼
March
(43)
- Makaya Loembe removed as Pointe-Noire Bishop
- Coppenrath retired as Papeete Archbishop
- Raï confirmed as Maronite Patriarch
- Shevchuk confirmed as Ukrainian Major Archbishop
- Mizobe retired, Suwa named Takamatsu Bishop
- Hamaguchi named Oita Bishop
- Ciliberti retired, Bertolone named Catanzaro-Squil...
- Terán Dutari retired, Maggi named Ibarra Bishop
- Illiano retired, Giudice named Nocera Inferiore-Sa...
- Filipazzi named Indonesia Nuncio
- Araújo named Guajará-Mirim Coadjutor
- Byrnes and Hanchon named Detroit Auxiliaries
- Borwah named Gbarnga Bishop
- Bishop Ahern Died
- Akubeze named Benin City Archbishop
- Goltok named Bauchi Bishop
- Jiménez Hernández resigned, Guerrero Corona named ...
- Daly named San Jose in California Auxiliary
- Nguyen Tan Tuoc named Phú Cuong Coadjutor
- Erected: Kondoa, Tanzania; Mfumbusa named Bishop
- Mapunda retired, Ndimbo named Mbinga Bishop
- Baggini resigned, Di Mauro succeeded as Vigevano B...
- D’Souza named Calcutta Coadjutor
- Bala named Hyderabad Archbishop
- Ricard resigned as Pensacola-Tallahassee Bishop
- Álvarez Lagos named Matagalpa Bishop
- Watio named Bafoussam Bishop
- Scanavino resigned as Orvieto-Todi Bishop
- Orosz named Miskolc (Hungarian) Exarch
- Howaniec retired, Mumbiela Sierra named Santissima...
- Harrington resigned, Kimengich named Lodwar Bishop
- Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth?
- Vokál named Hradec Králové Bishop
- Version 2.6.9 - Eastern Catholic Churches
- Currie resigned, Daniels named Grand Falls Bishop
- Vu Tât named Hung Hoá Bishop
- Vu Huy Chuong named Ðà Lat Bishop
- Moshe named Mossul (Syrian) Archbishop
- Hundt named Corner Brook and Labrador Bishop
- Beylouni named Venezuela, Faithful of the Oriental...
- Battah and Casmoussa named Antiochia (Syrian) Auxi...
- Matoka retired, Abba named Baghdad (Syrian) Archbi...
- Mahony retired, Gómez succeeded as Los Angeles Arc...
-
▼
March
(43)