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Brian Udaigwe is a Cameroonian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Apostolic Nuncio to Benin and to Togo since 2013.
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Brian Udaigwe was born in Tiko in southwest Cameroon on 19 July 1964. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Orlu, Nigeria, on 2 May 1992. He attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 1994, and served in Zimbabwe, the Ivory Coast, Haiti, Bulgaria, Thailand, and, beginning in January 2008, in the United Kingdom.
On 22 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI named him an apostolic nuncio and titular archbishop of Suelli.
On 8 April 2013, Pope Francis appointed him apostolic nuncio to Benin. He received his episcopal consecration on 27 April from Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, SDB, Secretary of State. He presented his credentials in Benin on 24 June.
On 16 July 2013, he was named Nuncio to Togo as well. He presented his credentials there on 26 September.