Diocese of Dassa-Zoumé
| Diocese of Dassa-Zoumé | |
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| Country | Benin |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cotonou |
| Diocesan bishop | François Gnonhossou SMA |
| Apostolic Administrator | Benoît Gbemavo Goudote |
| founding | 1995 |
| surface | 13,931 km² |
| Parishes | 46 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 791.172 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 333,999 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 42.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 56 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,759 |
| Friars | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 85 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| address | Eveche, BP 106, Dassa-Zoume, Benin |
| Website | diocese-dassa-zoume.org |
The diocese Dassa-Zoumé (Latin Dioecesis Dassana-Zumensis , French Diocèse de Dassa-Zoumé ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Benin with its seat in Dassa-Zoumé . It includes the Collines department .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Ad aptius fovendum on June 10, 1995 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Abomey and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cotonou as a suffragan diocese. The first local ordinary was Antoine Ganyé from the foundation of the diocese until his appointment as Archbishop of Cotonou on August 21, 2010. After four and a half years of vacancy, François Gnonhossou SMA was appointed second Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé in February 2015.