Diocese of Lokossa
Lokossaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lokossa, Benin
The Diocese of Lokossa is a Latin Church diocese in Benin, established in 1968 from the Archdiocese of Cotonou. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cotonou and has been led by Bishop Coffi Roger Anoumou since 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 March 1968
- Latin
- Lokossaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002038
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 187,120
- Priests
- 134
- Catholics per priest
- 1,396
- Extent
- 4,009 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 47
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
- Bishop
- Coffi Roger Anoumou
- Born
- 30 July 1972
- Birthplace
- Dogbo
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
Cathédrale Saint Pierre Claver stands in Lokossa, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cotonou.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CotonouCotonou
- Diocese of AbomeyAbomey
- Diocese of Dassa-ZouméDassa-Zoumé
- Diocese of Porto NovoPorto Novo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Lokossa in Benin is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Lokossaënsis) belonging to 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].