Diocese of Abomey
| Diocese of Abomey | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Benin |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cotonou |
| Diocesan bishop | Eugène Cyrille Houndecon |
| founding | 1963 |
| surface | 5,243 km² |
| Parishes | 76 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 797,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 173,055 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 21.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 100 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,617 |
| Friars | 26 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 102 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saints Pierre et Paul |
| address | BP 18, Abomey, Zou, Benin |
| Website | http://www.diocese-abomey.org/ |
The Diocese of Abomey (Latin Dioecesis Abomeiensis , French Diocèse d'Abomey ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Benin with its seat in Abomey . It includes the Zou department .
history
Pope John XXIII founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Christi iussum on April 5, 1963 from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Porto-Novo and the Archdiocese of Cotonou , to which it was also subordinated as a Suffragandiocese .
On June 10, 1995 it lost part of its territory to the Diocese of Dassa-Zoumé .
Bishops of Abomey
- Lucien Monsi-Agboka (April 5, 1963 - November 25, 2002)
- René-Marie Ehuzu CIM (November 25, 2002 - January 3, 2007, then Bishop of Porto-Novo)
- Eugène Cyrille Houndékon , since December 20, 2007
See also
Web links
- Entry about the diocese of Abomey on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the diocese of Abomey on giga-catholic.com (English)