Diocese of Kandi
| Diocese of Kandi | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Benin |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Parakou |
| Diocesan bishop | Clet Feliho |
| Vicar General | Jacques Jullia SMA |
| founding | 1994 |
| surface | 30,625 km² |
| Parishes | 11 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 573,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 146,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 25.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 14 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,952 |
| Friars | 8 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 37 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| Website | http://www.diocesedekandi.org |
The Diocese of Kandi ( lat. : Dioecesis Kandina ) is an in Benin located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Kandi .
history
The diocese of Kandi was established on December 19, 1994 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution In apparando from cessions of territory from the Diocese of Parakou and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cotonou as a suffragan . On October 16, 1997, the diocese of Kandi was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Parakou as a suffragan.
Bishops of Kandi
- Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton , 1994–2000, then Bishop of Porto-Novo
- Clet Feliho , since 2000
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. In apparando , AAS 87 (1995), n.6, p. 539f.