Lucien Monsi-Agboka

Lucien Monsi-Agboka (born June 3, 1926 in Agoué , Benin ; † April 27, 2008 in Cotonou , Benin) was the first bishop of Abomey in Benin.

Life

Lucien Monsi-Agboka attended the Minor Seminary in Ouidah from 1943 to 1954 and studied theology and philosophy in Rome , where he received the sacrament of ordination for the Archdiocese of Cotonou on December 21, 1957 . He initially worked as a vicar in Bohicon and taught from 1960 to 1962 at the Collège Père Aupiais in Cotonou. His appointment as rector preceded his appointment as bishop.

On April 5, 1963, Pope Paul VI appointed him . the first bishop of the diocese of Abomey, established on the same date . He was ordained bishop on July 21, 1963 by the then Archbishop of Cotonou and later Cardinal Bernardin Gantin ; Co- consecrators were Bernard Yago , Archbishop of Abidjan and later Cardinal, and Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron , Archbishop of Lomé .

In the second to fourth session of the Second Vatican Council he took part as a council father.

On November 25, 2002, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.

Lucien Monsi-Agboka was a very popular bishop, mediator between the government and the population in Benin and the initiator of important social reforms in Benin. A requiem was held in his honor, with great participation from Benin politicians such as Raphiou Toukourou , Valentin Agbo and others.

Web links

• Entry on Lucien Monsi-Agboka on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Société: Funérailles de Monseigneur Lucien Monsi Agboka: Un hommage mérité ..." , Journal LA NOUVELLE TRIBUNE, May 5, 2008.
2. ↑ "Conseil des Ministres (ordinaire et extraordinaire) du May 2, 2008" , levenementprecis.com, May 2, 2008.

predecessor	Office	successor
---	Bishop of Abomey 1963–2002	René-Marie Ehuzu