Suffragan diocese Lokossa, Benin
Diocese of Lokossa
Lokossaën(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1968
- Catholics
- 187,120
- Priests
- 134
- Territory
- 4,009 km²
Parishes and churches
55 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse Saint JosephGrand-PopoView parish
- Paroisse Saint LouisAthiemeView parish
- Paroisse Saint LouisManonkpon-ZoungbonouView parish
- Paroisse Saint MichelAplahoueView parish
- Paroisse Saint MichelAkimeyView parish
- Paroisse Saint MichelComèView parish
- Paroisse Saint MichelDreView parish
- Paroisse Saint PaulHonton DegbehoueView parish
- Paroisse Saint PierreMidangbeView parish
- Paroisse Saint Pierre ClaverHoueyogbeView parish
- Paroisse Sainte AnneBopaView parish
- Paroisse Sainte AnneGuezinView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Catherine de SienneAgnivedjiView parish
- Paroisse Sainte ClaireKissameyView parish
- Paroisse Sainte FamilleHokyView parish
- Paroisse Sainte FamillePossotomeView parish
- Paroisse Sainte FamilleToviklinView parish
- Paroisse Sainte LucieGadomèView parish
- Paroisse Sainte RitaKpetouView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Thérèse de l’Enfant JésusAgonveView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Thérèse de l’Enfant JésusDjakotomeyView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Thérèse de l’Enfant-JésusDjanglanmeView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Thérèse de l’Enfant-JésusDeveView parish
- Paroisse Saints Pierre et PaulHlassameyView parish
- Paroisse Sanctuaire Marial Diocésain de TchanvedjiTchanvedjiView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Coffi Roger Anoumou
- Born
- 30 July 1972
- Birthplace
- Dogbo
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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.
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.