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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Lomé

Togo Togo

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Aného, Atakpamé, Dapaong, Kara, Kpalimé, Sokodé

History

  • 1892.04.12: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Togo (from Apostolic Prefecture of Dahomey)
  • 1914.03.16: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Togo
  • 1923.03.15: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Volta Inferiore
  • 1937.05.18: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Sokodé
  • 1938.06.14: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Lomé / Lomen(sis) (Latin)
  • 1955.09.14: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lomé / Lomen(sis) (Latin)
  • 1964.09.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Atakpamé
  • 1994.07.01: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Aného and Diocese of Kpalimé

Papal Visits

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2007.06.08 – ...):Archbishop Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah (69)Archbishop Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah (69)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Lomé (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah (69)Archbishop Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah (69)
(2007.06.08 – ...)

Humane divinus divine humanus

Born:1943.10.10 (Togo)
Ordained Priest:1972.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:2007.08.15

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo) (2007.06.08 – ...)

Archbishop Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro (83)Archbishop Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro (83)
(1992.12.17 – 2007.06.08)

Born:1930.03.30 (Togo)
Ordained Priest:1959.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1976.05.02

Titular Bishop of Bacanaria (1975.12.19 – 1976.04.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Atakpamé (Togo) (1975.12.19 – 1976.04.10)

Bishop of Atakpamé (Togo) (1976.04.10 – 1992.12.17)

President of Episcopal Conference of Togo (1992 – 2006)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo) (1992.12.17 – 2007.06.08)

Archbishop Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron (87)Archbishop Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron (87)
(1962.03.10 – 1992.02.13)

Born:1925.10.13 (Togo)
Ordained Priest:1951.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1962.06.10

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo) (1962.03.10 – 1992.02.13)

President of Episcopal Conference of Togo (1970 – 1992)

President of Regional Episcopal Conferences of Western Francophone Africa (1978 – 1979)

Archbishop Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A.
(1955.09.14 – 1961.06.16)

Born:1892.09.12 (France)
Ordained Priest:1921.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:1946.06.29
Died:1984.03.12 († 91)

Prefect Apostolic of Sokodé (Togo) (1937.05 – 1945.11.08)

Titular Bishop of Curubis (1945.11.08 – 1955.09.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Lomé (Togo) (1945.11.08 – 1955.09.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo) (1955.09.14 – 1961.06.16)

Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro (1961.06.16 – 1971.06.11)

Vicars Apostolic of Lomé (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. (later Archbishop)
(1945.11.08 – 1955.09.14)

(see above)

Bishop Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A.
(1923.03.22 – 1945.03.03)

Born:1884.12.18 (France)
Ordained Priest:1908.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:1923.07.15
Died:1945.03.03 († 60)

Apostolic Administrator of Togo (Togo) (1921.01.11 – 1923.03.22)

Titular Bishop of Verinopolis (1923.03.20 – 1945.03.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Lomé (Togo) (1923.03.22 – 1945.03.03)

Vicars Apostolic of Togo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A.
(Apostolic Administrator 1921.01.11 – 1923.03.22)

Bishop François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A.
(Apostolic Administrator 1918.01.11 – 1921)

Bishop Franz Wolf, S.V.D.
(1914.03.16 – 1921.01)

Born:1876.02.02 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1899.02.05
Consecrated Bishop:1914.06.29
Died:1944.02.23 († 68)

Vicar Apostolic of Togo (Togo) (1914.03.16 – 1921.01)

Titular Bishop of Byblus (1914.03.16 – 1944.02.23)

Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea (Papua New Guinea) (1922.11.24 – 1944.02.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Central New Guinea (Papua New Guinea) (1923 – 1928)

Prefects Apostolic of Togo (Roman Rite)

Fr. Nicola Schoenig, S.V.D.
(? – 1914)

Died:1914

Prefect Apostolic of Togo (Togo) (? – 1914)

as of 2013.05.03

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