Vincent Mensah (19 July 1924 – 10 March 2010) was the

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bishop of the

Diocese of Porto Novo The Roman Catholic Diocese of Porto Novo ( la, Dioecesis Portus Novi) is a diocese located in the city of Porto Novo in the Ecclesiastical province of Cotonou in Benin. History * 5 April 1954: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Porto Novo from ...

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. Ordained to the priesthood on 21 December 1952, Mensah was appointed bishop of the Porto Novo Diocese on 21 September 1970 and was ordained on 14 December 1970, retiring on 29 January 2000.

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20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Benin 1924 births 2010 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Porto Novo {{africa-RC-bishop-stub