Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City

Archdiocese of Benin City
Archidioecesis Urbis Beninensis
Location
Country  Nigeria
Territory Edo State
Coordinates 6°20′27.5111″N 5°37′31.6146″E / 6.340975306°N 5.625448500°E / 6.340975306; 5.625448500
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Holy Cross Cathedral, Benin City
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Most Rev. Augustine Obiora Akubeze
Suffragans Auchi, Issele-Uku, Uromi, Warri
Map

Edo State map shown in red
Website
www.CatholicArchdioceseofBenin.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Benin City in Nigeria.

History

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is Holy Cross Cathedral in Benin City.

Leadership

Suffragan Diocese

See also

Source

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