The Archdiocese of Cotonou ( la, Archidioecesis Cotonuensis) is the

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for the Ecclesiastical province of

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in Benin.

History

* 1883.06.26: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Dahomey from the Apostolic Vicariate of Benin Coast, Nigeria * 1901.05.25: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dahomey * 1948.05.13: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Ouidah * 1955.09.14: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonou

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale Notre Dame in Cotonou . There is also a Minor Basilica at the Basilique de l'Immaculée Conception in Cotonou.

Bishops

*Metropolitan Archbishops of Cotonou, in reverse chronological order **Archbishop

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:since 2010.08.21; formerly Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dassa-Zoume, Benin **Archbishop Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton:2005.03.05 - 2010.08.21 **Archbishop

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:1999.10.29 – 2005.03.05 **Archbishop Isidore de Souza:1990.12.27 – 1999.03.13 **Archbishop

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:1971.06.28 – 1990.12.27 **Archbishop Bernardin Gantin:1960.01.05 – 1971.06.28, appointed Official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples; future Cardinal

Coadjutor archbishop

* Isidore de Souza (1981-1990)

Auxiliary bishop

* Bernardin Gantin (1956-1960), appointed Archbishop here; future Cardinal

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Lucien Monsi-Agboka Lucien Monsi-Agboka (3 June 1926 − 27 April 2008) was a Beninese Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1957, Monsi-Agboka was named bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Abomey, Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), ...

, appointed Bishop of Abomey in 1963 * Martin Adjou Moumouni, appointed Bishop of N’Dali in 1999 * Eugène Cyrille Houndékon, appointed Bishop of Abomey in 2007

Suffragan Dioceses

* Abomey * Dassa-Zoumé *

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* Porto Novo

References

External links

Website of the Archdiocese of Cotonou

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