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Archdiocese of Lomé

Lomen(sis)

The Archdiocese of Lomé is the metropolitan Latin Church see for Togo, founded in 1892 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Togo and elevated to an archdiocese in 1955. It has been led by Archbishop Isaac Jogues Kodjo Agbémenya Gaglo since April 2026.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
14 September 1955
Latin
Lomen(sis)
Annuario code
001002041

The see in figures

Catholics
668,580
Population
2,245,375
Catholic share
29.8%

of the people living within its bounds

Priests
379
Catholics per priest
1,764
Extent
3,682 km²
Catholics per km²
182

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

Archbishop
Isaac Jogues Agbémenya Kodjo Gaglo
Born
7 October 1958
Birthplace
Kpémé

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 du Sacré-Cœur stands in Lomé, 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 Lomé

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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.

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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].