Continent: Western and Northern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Cotonou / Cotonuen(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Abomey, Dassa-Zoumé, Lokossa, Porto Novo
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Metropolitan Archbishop (2016.06.25 – ...): | ![]() |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Cotonou (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotonou (Benin)
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cotonou (Benin) Servir le Seigneur dans la joie
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cotonou (Benin)
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Archbishop Nestor Assogba Pacificans per cor Jesu Christi
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Archbishop Isidore de Souza
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Archbishop Christophe Adimou
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Archbishop Bernardin Gantin (later Cardinal)
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Archbishop Louis Parisot, S.M.A.
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Vicars Apostolic of Ouidah (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Louis Parisot, S.M.A. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||||
Vicars Apostolic of Dahomey (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Louis Parisot, S.M.A. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||||
Bishop François Steinmetz, S.M.A.
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Bishop Louis-Auguste Dartois, S.M.A.
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Prefects Apostolic of Dahomey (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Fr. Hyacinthe Bricet, S.M.A.
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Fr. Ernest Ménager, S.M.A.
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Area: 3,233 km²
Population: 920,997 Catholics (42.6% of 2,160,650 total) (2020)
Statistics: 111 parishes, 2 missions, 441 priests (354 diocesan, 87 religious), 791 lay religious (241 brothers, 550 sisters), 200 seminarians (2020)
Last updated on 2023.02.25
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