Diocese of Kandi, Benin

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Kandi / Kandin(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Parakou

1994.12.19: Established as Diocese of Kandi / Kandin(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Parakou and became suffragan of Cotonou)
1997.10.16: Became suffragan of Parakou

Bishop (2000.01.29 – ...):

Bishop Clet Feliho (69)

Bishops of Kandi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Clet Feliho (69)
(2000.01.29 – ...)

Bishop of Kandi (Benin)

Priest of Parakou (Benin) (1979.07.21 – 2000.01.29)

Bishop of Kandi (Benin) (2000.01.29 – ...)

Bishop Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton (later Archbishop)
(1994.12.19 – 2000.01.29)

Priest of Porto Novo (Benin) (1966.01.06 – 1994.12.19)

Bishop of Kandi (Benin) (1994.12.19 – 2000.01.29)

Bishop of Porto Novo (Benin) (2000.01.29 – 2005.03.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotonou (Benin) (2005.03.05 – 2010.08.21)

Area: 26,242 km²

Population: 34,661 Catholics (2.4% of 1,445,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 36 priests (25 diocesan, 11 religious), 56 religious (12 brothers, 44 sisters), 5 seminarians