AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of Bishop of Benin City

Monday, 7 January 2008

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Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 24 December 2007, appointed as Archbishop of Benin City (Nigeria) Bishop Richard Anthony Burke, SPS, until now Bishop of Warri. (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 7/1/2008; Righe 3; Parole 42)