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Metropolitan see Cotonou, Benin

Archdiocese of Cotonou

Cotonuen(sis)

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

Esri
Cotonou, Benin, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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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.

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.

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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.