Archdiocese of Cotonou
Cotonuen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Cotonou, Benin
The Archdiocese of Cotonou is a Latin Church metropolitan see covering the Atlantique and Littoral departments of Benin. Erected in 1883 as a prefecture and elevated to an archdiocese in 1955, it has Abomey, Dassa-Zoumé, Lokossa, and Porto Novo as suffragans.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 September 1955
- Latin
- Cotonuen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001225
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 920,997
- Population
- 2,160,650
- Catholic share
- 42.6%
- Priests
- 354
- Catholics per priest
- 2,602
- Extent
- 3,233 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 285
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Roger Houngbédji
- Born
- 14 May 1963
- Birthplace
- Porto Novo
- Institute
- FRATI PREDICATORI (DOMENICANI)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Notre Dame de Miséricorde stands in Cotonou, 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.
The province of Cotonou
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AbomeyAbomey
- Diocese of Dassa-ZouméDassa-Zoumé
- Diocese of LokossaLokossa
- Diocese of Porto NovoPorto Novo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Cotonou in Benin is the seat of this Latin Church archdiocese (Latin: Archidioecesis Cotonuensis), which presides as metropolitan over the ecclesiastical province of Cotonou.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].