Diocese of Lokossa
| Diocese of Lokossa | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Benin |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cotonou |
| Diocesan bishop | Victor Agbanou |
| Vicar General | Xavier Tohouegnon Jean Ougbegnon Koussouhoue |
| founding | 1968 |
| surface | 4,009 km² |
| Parishes | 54 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,306,543 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 159,042 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 12.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 125 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,272 |
| Religious sisters | 124 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint Pierre Claver |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lokossa ( Latin Dioecesis Lokossaensis , French Diocèse de Lokossa ) is an in Benin located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Lokossa .
history
The diocese Lokossa was on March 11, 1968 by Pope Paul VI. built with the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesia sancta Dei from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Cotonou and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Lokossa
- Christophe Adimou , 1968–1971, then Archbishop of Cotonou
- Robert Sastre , 1972-2000
- Victor Agbanou , since 2000