Most Rev. Augustine Obiora Akubeze, the metropolitan Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City, is dead. Archbishop Akubeze, reportedly died on Thursday, July 9, 2026. He was 69 years old. His death was announced in a statement by the Archdiocese and confirmed by the Secretary General of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria. Born in 1956, Akubeze was ordained a Catholic priest on October 3, 1987. He was appointed the pioneer Bishop of Uromi Diocese on December 14, 2005, and was consecrated on February 25, 2006. Five years later, he…
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