Diocese of Natitingou
Natitinguen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Natitingou, Benin
The Diocese of Natitingou is a Latin Catholic see in northwestern Benin, erected in 1964 from the Apostolic Prefecture of Parakou. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Parakou and its cathedral is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 February 1964
- Latin
- Natitinguen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001002360
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 203,200
- Priests
- 79
- Catholics per priest
- 2,572
- Extent
- 20,499 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.9
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
- Antoine Sabi Bio
- Born
- 1 January 1963
- Birthplace
- Gounienou
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 de l'Immaculée Conception stands in Natitingou, 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 Parakou
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Parakou.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ParakouParakou
- Diocese of DjougouDjougou
- Diocese of KandiKandi
- Diocese of N’DaliN’Dali
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Natitingou in Benin is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Natitingou (Latin: Dioecesis Natitinguensis), a Latin Church see within 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].