Diocese of Porto Novo, Benin

Bishop (2015.10.24 – ...):

Bishop Aristide Gonsallo (56)

Bishops of Porto Novo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Aristide Gonsallo (56)
(2015.10.24 – ...)

Bishop of Porto Novo (Benin)

Bishop of Porto Novo (Benin) (2015.10.24 – ...)

Fr. Jean-Benoît Gnambode, C.I.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 2012.10.27 – 2015.10.24)

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

Bishop of Abomey (Benin) (2002.11.25 – 2007.01.03)

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

Bishop Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton (82) (later Archbishop)
(2000.01.29 – 2005.03.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cotonou (Benin)

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)

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

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

Titular Bishop of Bagai (1953.03.11 – 1958.07.06)

Vicar Apostolic of Heliopolis of Egypt (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)

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Area: 4,545 km²

Population: 763,200 Catholics (39.5% of 1,933,298 total) (2020)

Statistics: 90 parishes, 3 missions, 203 priests (191 diocesan, 12 religious), 145 lay religious (14 brothers, 131 sisters), 92 seminarians (2020)

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) (became suffragan of Cotonou)
1963.04.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Abomey

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