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Diocese of

Porto Novo

Benin Benin

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Cotonou

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History

  • 1954.04.05: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Porto Novo / Portus Novi (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Ouidah)
  • 1955.09.14: Promoted as Diocese of Porto Novo / Portus Novi (Latin)
  • 1963.04.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Abomey

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2012.10.27 – ...):Fr. Jean-Benoît Gnambode, C.I.M. (69)Fr. Jean-Benoît Gnambode, C.I.M. (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Porto Novo (Roman Rite)

Fr. Jean-Benoît Gnambode, C.I.M. (69)Fr. Jean-Benoît Gnambode, C.I.M. (69)
(Apostolic Administrator 2012.10.27 – ...)

Bishop René-Marie Ehuzu, C.I.M.
(2007.01.03 – 2012.10.17)

Born:1944.04.12 (Benin)
Ordained Priest:1972.09.30
Consecrated Bishop:2003.01.06
Died:2012.10.17 († 68)

Bishop of Abomey (Benin) (2002.11.25 – 2007.01.03)

Bishop of Porto Novo (Benin) (2007.01.03 – 2012.10.17)

Archbishop Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton (72)Bishop Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton (72) (later Archbishop)
(2000.01.29 – 2005.03.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cotonou (Benin)

Servius ancillæ filius

Born:1941.01.16 (Benin)
Ordained Priest:1966.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:1995.03.25

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)

Bishop Vincent Mensah
(1970.09.21 – 2000.01.29)

Born:1924.07.19 (Benin)
Ordained Priest:1952.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1970.12.19
Died:2010.03.10 († 85)

Bishop of Porto Novo (Benin) (1970.09.21 – 2000.01.29)

Bishop Noël Boucheix, S.M.A.
(1958.07.06 – 1969.01.01)

Born:1900.12.25 (France)
Ordained Priest:1924.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1953.06.10
Died:1985.05.08 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Bagai (1953.03.11 – 1958.07.06)

Vicar Apostolic of Eliopoli di Egitto (Egypt) (1953.03.11 – 1958.07.06)

Bishop of Porto Novo (Benin) (1958.07.06 – 1969.01.01)

Titular Bishop of Bahanna (1969.01.01 – 1976.08.06)


as of 2013.06.08

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