Augustine Obiora Akubeze (25 August 1956 – 9 July 2026) was a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City from 2011 to 2026.
On 18 March 2011, Vatican Information Service reported that Pope Benedict XVI had appointed Bishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Uromi, Nigeria, as metropolitan archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City, Nigeria, effective on 28 March 2011. He was born in Kaduna, Nigeria in 1956; he was ordained a priest in 1987 and consecrated a bishop in 2006.
Akubeze died on 9 July 2026, at the age of 69.
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Sources Augustine Obiora Akubeze Immaculate Conception College in Benin City welcomes new archbishop Catholic News Service of Nigeria
External links Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze at Catholic Hierarchy