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Suffragan diocese Porto Novo, Benin

Diocese of Porto Novo

Portus Novi

Latin Church

The Diocese of Porto Novo is a Latin Catholic diocese in southern Benin, with its see in Porto-Novo. Established as an apostolic vicariate in 1954 and promoted to a diocese in 1955, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cotonou.

On the map

Esri
Porto Novo, Benin, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1955
Catholics
795,130
Priests
203
Territory
4,545 km²

Parishes and churches

57 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Aristide Gonsallo

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The cathedral

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Immaculée Conception stands in Porto Novo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Porto-Novo, a city within the ecclesiastical province of Cotonou in Benin, is the seat of this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Portus Novi). Its social arm is Caritas Porto-Novo.

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