Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze †

Deceased

Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria

Motto: Ut Testimonium Perhibeam Veritati

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Aug 1956		Born
3 Oct 1987	31.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Issele-Uku, Nigeria
14 Dec 2005	49.3	Appointed	Bishop of Uromi, Nigeria
25 Feb 2006	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Uromi, Nigeria
18 Mar 2011	54.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria
28 Apr 2011	54.6	Installed	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria
18 Apr 2022	65.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Warri, Nigeria
9 Feb 2023	66.4	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Warri, Nigeria
9 Jul 2026	69.8	Died	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Augustine Obiora Akubeze
Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze
(born 25 Aug 1956, died 9 Jul 2026)
Archbishop of Benin City

Ad Limina - February 2009: Bishop
Ad Limina - April 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kaduna
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Uromi, Diocese of Uromi

a priest for 38.7 years
a bishop for 20.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Anthony Olubunmi Cardinal Okogie
Archbishop of Lagos
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu †
Archbishop of Benin City
Archbishop Renzo Fratini
Titular Archbishop of Botriana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Anthony Olubunmi Cardinal Okogie (1971)
Archbishop of Lagos
Bishop Owen McCoy, M. Afr. † (1963)
Bishop of Oyo
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli † (1951)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Donatus Aihmiosion Ogun, O.S.A. (2015)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Philip Davou Dung (2017)
Bishop Peter Nworie Chukwu † (2021)
Bishop Anthony Ovayero Ewherido (2023)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kaduna
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Uromi, Diocese of Uromi

External Link(s):

VIAF: 623149196615974792303
WikiData: Q768304

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 14 Dec 2005
ob/c2: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 184, Number 15,074
ab: Bollettino, 18 Mar 2011
aadm: CB, 18 Apr 2022
d: CB, 10 Jul 2026

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