Archdiocese of Cotonou
| Archdiocese of Cotonou | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Benin |
| Diocesan bishop | Roger Houngbédji OP |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton Antoine Ganyé |
| founding | 1883 |
| surface | 3,233 km² |
| Parishes | 102 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,082,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 802,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 38.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 267 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 59 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,460 |
| Friars | 189 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 500 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Miséricorde |
| Website | archidiocesecotonou.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Abomey Diocese of Dassa-Zoumé Diocese of Lokossa Diocese of Porto-Novo |
The Archdiocese of Cotonou (Latin Archidioecesis Cotonuensis , French Archidiocèse de Cotonou ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Benin with its seat in Cotonou .
history
The forerunner of today's Archdiocese of Cotonou is on June 26, 1883 by Pope Gregory XVI. established Dahomey Apostolic Prefecture , separated from the Vicariate Apostolic Coste di Benin .
On May 25, 1901, the prefecture of Leo XIII. raised to the Apostolic Vicariate Dahomey and on May 13, 1948 by Pius XII. renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Ouidah .
On September 14, 1955, Pius XII. the Apostolic Vicariate of Ouidah with the relocation of the seat to today's Archdiocese of Cotonou.
Bishops
- Louis-Auguste Dartois SMA (1901–1905)
- François Steinmetz SMA (1906–1934)
- Louis Parisot SMA (1935-1960)
- Bernardin Gantin (1960–1971), then Dean of the College of Cardinals .
- Christophe Adimou (1971–1990)
- Isidore de Souza (1990-1999)
- Nestor Assogba (1999-2005)
- Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton (2005–2010)
- Antoine Ganyé , 2010–2016
- Roger Houngbédji OP , since 2016
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Archdiocese of Cotonou on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Archdiocese of Cotonou on gcatholic.org (English)
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