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.
- Wokon – Sainte TrinitéTown not recordedView parish
- Za-Agbogbomè – Saint Joseph de CalasanzTown not recordedView parish
- Za-Hla – Saint JosephTown not recordedView parish
- Za-Kpota – Notre-Dame de LourdesTown not recordedView parish
- Za-Kékéré / Za-Zounmè – Saint Antoine de PadoueTown not recordedView parish
- Zagnanado – Saint BenoîtTown not recordedView parish
- Zassa – Sainte-TrinitéTown not recordedView parish
- Zogba–Soli–Houndo–Agnangan – Saint François d’AssiseTown not recordedView parish
- Zogbodomey – Sainte Thérèse de l’Enfant JésusTown not recordedView parish
- Zoungbo–Zounmè – Saint Martin de ToursTown not recordedView parish
- Zoungoudo – Sainte Jeanne d’ArcTown not recordedView parish
- Zounzonmè-Gbeyizankon – Sacré-CœurTown 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.