Continent: Western and Northern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Benin City / Urbis Beninen(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Auchi, Bomadi, Issele-Uku, Uromi, Warri
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Metropolitan Archbishop (2011.03.18 – ...): | ![]() |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Benin City (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Benin City (Nigeria)
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Benin City (Nigeria)
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Benin City (Nigeria)
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Bishops of Benin City (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
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Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A.
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Vicars Apostolic of Asaba-Benin (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. (see above) | ||||||||||
Vicars Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Thomas Broderick, S.M.A.
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Prefects Apostolic of Western Nigeria (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Carlo Zappa, S.M.A.
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Area: 10,863 km²
Population: 152,900 Catholics (7.8% of 1,964,470 total) (2020)
Statistics: 85 parishes, 2 missions, 162 priests (122 diocesan, 40 religious), 189 lay religious (72 brothers, 117 sisters), 99 seminarians (2020)
Last updated on 2023.01.27
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