Diocese of Porto-Novo
Diocese of Porto-Novo | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Benin |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cotonou |
Diocesan bishop | Aristide Gonsallo |
Vicar General | André Dessou Jules Carrel Dossah |
founding | 1954 |
surface | 4,545 km² |
Parishes | 82 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 1,722,776 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 680,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 39.5% |
Diocesan priest | 155 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 4,072 |
Friars | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 106 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | French |
cathedral | Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Immaculée Conception |
Website | www.diocese-portonovo.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Porto-Novo (Latin Dioecesis Portus Novi , French Diocèse de Porto-Novo ) is an in Benin located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Porto-Novo . The almost 714,000 Catholics make up about 40% of the population.
history
The diocese of Porto Novo was founded on April 5, 1954 by Pope Pius XII. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Qui universum from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Ouidah as Apostolic Vicariate Porto-Novo . On September 14, 1955, the Apostolic Vicariate Porto-Novo was by Pius XII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Dum tantis and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cotonou as a suffragan . The Diocese of Porto Novo gave up on April 5, 1963 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Abomey .
Bishops of Porto Novo
- Noël Laurent Boucheix SMA , 1958-1969
- Vincent Mensah , 1970-2000
- Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton , 2000–2005, then Archbishop of Cotonou
- René-Marie Ehuzu CIM , 2007–2012
- Aristide Gonsallo , since 2015
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Porto-Novo on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Diocese of Porto-Novo on gcatholic.org