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.
- Kpozoun – Saint MichelTown not recordedView parish
- Kpédékpo – Saint Jean-BaptisteTown not recordedView parish
- Laïnta / Dovi-Cogbé – Saint-Michel & Sacré-CœurTown not recordedView parish
- Lissazounmè – Sainte Marie Mère de DieuTown not recordedView parish
- Lissezoun – Notre-Dame de l’AnnonciationTown not recordedView parish
- Lokozoun – Notre-Dame de l’AssomptionTown not recordedView parish
- Massi – Saint MartinTown not recordedView parish
- Monsourou – Saint Jean-Marie VianneyTown not recordedView parish
- Mougnon – Notre-Dame de LourdesTown not recordedView parish
- Nadota – Sainte TrinitéTown not recordedView parish
- Naogon – Sainte Thérèse de l’Enfant JésusTown not recordedView parish
- Ouinhi – Saint PaulTown not recordedView parish
- Passagon – Sainte-Marie Mère de DieuTown not recordedView parish
- Quasi-Paroisse à Adagon (Zogbodomey)Town not recordedView parish
- Saclo – Sainte Marguerite MarieTown not recordedView parish
- Sagon – Saint JosephTown not recordedView parish
- Sehoun – Saint Jean-Marie VianneyTown not recordedView parish
- Setto – Notre-Dame du Sacré-CœurTown not recordedView parish
- Siliho – Saint Pio de PietrelcinaTown not recordedView parish
- Sinwé-Hounto – Saint JosephTown not recordedView parish
- Sinwé-Légo – Saint Antoine de PadoueTown not recordedView parish
- Sodohomè – Sainte-Jeanne d’ArcTown not recordedView parish
- Sogbo–Aliho – Sacré-CœurTown not recordedView parish
- Tan – Saints Simon et JudeTown not recordedView parish
- Tankpa – Saint PaulTown not recordedView parish
- Tchito – Saint MichelTown not recordedView parish
- Tevedji – Saints Pierre et PaulTown not recordedView parish
- Tindji–Ahito – Christ-RoiTown not recordedView parish
- Tindji–Zoungoudo – Notre-Dame de la Divine MiséricordeTown not recordedView parish
- Todo – Sainte Thérèse de l’Enfant JésusTown 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
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
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.