Archdiocese of Parakou
Parakuen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Parakou, Benin
The Archdiocese of Parakou is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in northern Benin. Erected as an apostolic prefecture in 1948 and a diocese in 1964, it was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1997 and is led by Archbishop Pascal N'Koué.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 October 1997
- Latin
- Parakuen(sis)
- Patron
- Saints Peter and Paul
- Annuario code
- 001002539
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 123,721
- Priests
- 74
- Catholics per priest
- 1,672
- Extent
- 9,259 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 13
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
- Pascal N'Koué
- Born
- 29 March 1959
- Birthplace
- Boukombé
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 Saints Pierre et Paul stands in Parakou, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of DjougouDjougou
- Diocese of KandiKandi
- Diocese of NatitingouNatitingou
- Diocese of N’DaliN’Dali
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Benin, the Archdiocese of Parakou (Latin: Archidioecesis Parakuensis) serves as the Metropolitan See of the ecclesiastical province of Parakou. Its social arm is Caritas BDBD Parakou.
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].