Suffragan diocese Abomey, Benin
Diocese of Abomey
Abomeien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Abomey is a Latin Church diocese in Zou Department, Benin, erected in 1963 from the Archdiocese of Cotonou and the Diocese of Porto-Novo. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cotonou.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1963
- Catholics
- 204,000
- Priests
- 143
- Territory
- 5,243 km²
Parishes and churches
102 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Detekpa – Notre-Dame du Saint RosaireTown not recordedView parish
- Detohou – Notre-Dame de l’EspéranceTown not recordedView parish
- Dilly – Saint Jean-BaptisteTown not recordedView parish
- Djidja – Immaculée ConceptionTown not recordedView parish
- Djime–Houawe–Soglogon – Christ-RoiTown not recordedView parish
- Djodigon – Notre-Dame du Sacré-CœurTown not recordedView parish
- Djègbé – Saint MichelTown not recordedView parish
- Dokon – Saint CharbelTown not recordedView parish
- Domè – Saint-Jean-Marie VianneyTown not recordedView parish
- Don – Saint DominiqueTown not recordedView parish
- Dovi–Dové – Sainte ThérèseTown not recordedView parish
- Dénou – Saint AndréTown not recordedView parish
- Flèly–Agongointo – Saint ChristopheTown not recordedView parish
- Ganhounmè – Saint Thomas d’AquinTown not recordedView parish
- Gboli – Sainte-Thérèse d’AvilaTown not recordedView parish
- Gnidjazoun – Saint PaulTown not recordedView parish
- Goho–Adame–Zavi – Bienheureux Adolphe KOLPINGTown not recordedView parish
- Gossoé – Saints Pierre et PaulTown not recordedView parish
- Hannagbo – Saints Pierre et PaulTown not recordedView parish
- Hezonho – Saint-HenriTown not recordedView parish
- Hlanhonou – Sainte-Jeanne d’ArcTown not recordedView parish
- Houansougon – Sainte Marie-MadeleineTown not recordedView parish
- Houin–Hounso–Toué – Saint Martin de ToursTown not recordedView parish
- Houngomè – Saint-EspritTown not recordedView parish
- Hwawe–Wassaho – Saint JustinTown not recordedView parish
- Kinta – Notre Dame de LourdesTown not recordedView parish
- Koussoukpa – Saint KisitoTown not recordedView parish
- Kpakpamè – Saint BenoîtTown not recordedView parish
- Kpatalokoli – Saint JosephTown not recordedView parish
- Kpokissa – Saint AndréTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Eugene Cyrille Houndekon
- Born
- 28 January 1960
- Birthplace
- Cotonou
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The cathedral
Cathedrale Saints-Pierre-et-Paul stands in Abomey, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, Abomey (Latin: Dioecesis Abomeiensis) is seated in the city of the same name and forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Cotonou in Benin. Its social outreach is carried out through Caritas Abomey.