Archdiocese of Lomé
| Archdiocese of Lomé | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Latin Church |
| Country | Togo |
| Diocesan bishop | Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah |
| founding | 1892 |
| surface | 3,682 km² |
| Parishes | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,940,921 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 573,144 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 29.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 164 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 89 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,265 |
| Friars | 366 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 379 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Sacred Heart , Lomé |
| Website | www.archidiocesedelome.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Aného Diocese of Atakpamé Diocese of Dapaong Diocese of Kara Diocese of Kpalimé Diocese of Sokodé |
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The Archdiocese of Lomé ( Latin Archidioecesis Lomensis ) is an archbishopric in Togo and the seat of the metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Togo in the capital Lomé . The archbishopric covers 3,682 km² and 1.8 million inhabitants, of which about 29% are Roman Catholic.
history
The Archdiocese of Lomé was spun off as Apostolic Prefecture on April 12, 1892 from the Apostolic Prefecture of Dahomey (today's Benin ), established in 1883 . The first Apostolic Prefect was Hermann Bücking SVD in 1896 . On March 16, 1914, the prefecture was elevated to the status of an Apostolic Vicariate , the first Apostolic Vicar was Franz Wolf . After the separation of the Apostolic Prefecture of Sokodé on May 18, 1937, the Apostolic Vicariate of Togo was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Lomé on June 14, 1938. On September 14, 1955 the elevation to the archbishopric took place. The dioceses of Atakpamé (1964) and Aného and Kpalimé (both 1994) were spun off from the archbishopric.
Ordinaries
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Apostolic Prefect of Togo
- Hermann Bücking SVD (1896–1907)
- Nikolaus Schönig SVD (1907–1914) until 1910 Pro-Prefect
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Vicars Apostolic of Togo
- Franz Wolf SVD (1914-1922)
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Vicars Apostolic of Lomé
- Jean-Marie Cessou SMA (1923–1945)
- Joseph-Paul Strebler SMA (1945–1955)
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Archbishops of Lomé
- Joseph-Paul Strebler SMA (1955–1961)
- Robert-Casimir Dosseh-Anyron (1962–1992)
- Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro (1992-2007)
- Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah (2007-2019)
- Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan (since 2019)
See also
Web links
- Entry on Archdiocese of Lomé on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on November 23, 2019.
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Lomé on gcatholic.org , accessed on November 23, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on the Archdiocese of Lomé on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on February 17, 2016., as of 2013