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.
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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.
- Saint JosephAdja-OuèrèView parish
- Saint MartinPorto-NovoView parish
- Saint MatthieuGbozounmèView parish
- Saint MichelKrakéView parish
- Saint MichelAvrankouView parish
- Saint MichelGbékoView parish
- Saint PaulPorto-NovoView parish
- Saint PaulPK 10 MarinaView parish
- Saint Pierre et Saint PaulPorto-NovoView parish
- Saint Pierre et Saint PaulSèkandjiView parish
- Saint Pierre et Saint PaulDannouView parish
- Saint SacrementAgblangandanView parish
- Saint VincentTchaadaView parish
- Saint-EspritAffamèView parish
- Sainte AgnèsKessounouView parish
- Sainte AnnePorto-NovoView parish
- Sainte AnneSakétéView parish
- Sainte ClairePobéView parish
- Sainte FamilleAdjarraView parish
- Sainte MargueriteIdignyView parish
- Sainte Thérèse de l’Enfant JésusIkpinlèView parish
- Sainte Thérèse de l’Enfant Jésus et de la Sainte FaceAzowlissèView parish
- Sainte Thérèse de l’Enfant Jésus et de la Sainte FaceTakonView parish
- Sainte Thérèse d’AvilaIkpédjiléView parish
- Sainte Thérèse d’AvilaKétouView parish
- Saints Martyrs de l’OugandaPorto-NovoView parish
- Saints Pierre et PaulAguéguésView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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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