Metropolitan see Cotonou, Benin
Archdiocese of Cotonou
Cotonuen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
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- Established
- 1883
- Catholics
- 920,997
- Priests
- 354
- Territory
- 3,233 km²
Parishes and churches
107 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Saint Benoît WomeyTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Charles Lwanga Agla-AkplomeyTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Christophe AttogonTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Cyprien DessahTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Daniel Comboni SodoTown not recordedView parish
- Saint François d'Assise AgbantoTown not recordedView parish
- Saint François d'Assise FidjrossèTown not recordedView parish
- Saint François-Xavier SékouTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Gabriel CococodjiTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Jean Bosco SètoviTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Jean de la Croix Kpodji-les-MontsTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Jean GbènaTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Jean l'Évangéliste WégaTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Jean l'Évangéliste ZinviéTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Jean-Baptiste GbégameyTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Jean-Baptiste Sèdjè DénouTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Jean-Baptiste Tori BossitoTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Jean-Eudes AtropocodjiTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Jean-Marie Vianney WawataTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Joseph AgbatoTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Joseph Azohouè-CadaTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Joseph DèkoungbéTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Joseph GbodjèTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Joseph Glo-YèkonTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Joseph HèkanmeyTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Jude Thaddée Pahou ZoungoudoTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Louis GbèdégbéTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Luc OuèdoTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Luc YénadjroTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Martin de Tours GbèzounmèTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Roger Houngbédji
- Born
- 14 May 1963
- Birthplace
- Porto Novo
- Institute
- FRATI PREDICATORI (DOMENICANI)
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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.
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.