Diocese of Lokossa, Benin

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Lokossa / Lokossaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cotonou

Bishop (2023.03.04 – ...):

Bishop Coffi Roger Anoumou (51)

Bishops of Lokossa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Coffi Roger Anoumou (51)
(2023.03.04 – ...)

Bishop of Lokossa (Benin)

Priest of Lokossa (Benin) (2003.12.27 – 2023.03.04)

Bishop of Lokossa (Benin) (2023.03.04 – ...)

Bishop Victor Agbanou (77)
(2000.07.05 – 2023.03.04)

Bishop emeritus of Lokossa (Benin)

Priest of Lokossa (Benin) (1974.08.10 – 2000.07.05)

Bishop of Lokossa (Benin) (2000.07.05 – 2023.03.04)

President of Episcopal Conference of Benin (2016.10.26 – 2023.05.26)

Bishop Robert Sastre
(1972.03.02 – 2000.01.16)

Bishop of Lokossa (Benin) (1972.03.02 – 2000.01.16)

Bishop Christophe Adimou (later Archbishop)
(1968.03.11 – 1971.06.28)

Bishop of Lokossa (Benin) (1968.03.11 – 1971.06.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotonou (Benin) (1971.06.28 – 1990.12.27)

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Area: 4,009 km²

Population: 194,160 Catholics (12.2% of 1,595,849 total) (2021)

Statistics: 59 parishes, 1 mission, 126 priests (123 diocesan, 3 religious), 176 religious (42 brothers, 134 sisters), 41 seminarians (2021)

1968.03.11: Established as Diocese of Lokossa / Lokossaën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonou and became suffragan of Cotonou)