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.
- Sainte Jeanne d'Arc LobozounkpaTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte Jeanne d’Arc AlladaTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte Joséphine BakhitaTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte Marie Madeleine Dékanmey AhéméTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte Marie Mère du Sauveur MidédjiTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte RitaTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte Thérèse Akpakpa PK6Town not recordedView parish
- Sainte Thérèse d'Avila GankonTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus AïfaTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus GodomeyTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant-Jésus AdjagboTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte Trinité AtchakanmeyTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte Trinité AvotrouTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte Trinité HlazountoTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte Trinité ZopahTown not recordedView parish
- Saints Pierre et Paul AglaTown not recordedView parish
- Saints Pierre et Paul YénawaTown 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.