Diocese of

Abomey

Benin Benin

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Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Abomey / Abomeien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cotonou

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2007.12.20 – ...):Bishop EugĂšne Cyrille HoundĂ©kon (64)Bishop EugĂšne Cyrille HoundĂ©kon (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Abomey (Roman Rite)

Bishop EugÚne Cyrille Houndékon (64)Bishop EugÚne Cyrille Houndékon (64)
(2007.12.20 – ...)

Bishop of Abomey (Benin)

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Born:1960.01.28 (Cotonou, Benin)
Ordained Priest:1986.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:2008.02.03

Priest of Cotonou (Benin) (1986.07.05 – 2007.12.20)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Benin (1999 – 2016.10.26)

Bishop of Abomey (Benin) (2007.12.20 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Benin (2016.10.26 – 2023.05.26)

Bishop René-Marie Ehuzu, C.I.M.
(2002.11.25 – 2007.01.03)

Born:1944.04.12 (Benin)
Ordained Priest:1972.09.30
Consecrated Bishop:2003.01.06
Died:2012.10.17 († 68)

Bishop of Abomey (Benin) (2002.11.25 – 2007.01.03)

Bishop of Porto Novo (Benin) (2007.01.03 – 2012.10.17)

Bishop Lucien Monsi-Agboka
(1963.04.05 – 2002.11.25)

Born:1926.06.03 (Benin)
Ordained Priest:1957.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1963.07.21
Died:2008.04.27 († 81)

Bishop of Abomey (Benin) (1963.04.05 – 2002.11.25)

President of Episcopal Conference of Benin (1991 – 1999)

Special Churches

Lokossa (↙), AtakpamĂ© (↖), Dassa-ZoumĂ© (↑), Porto Novo (↘), Cotonou (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,243 kmÂČ

Population: 203,900 Catholics (23.9% of 851,623 total)

Pastoral Centres: 90 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 168 priests (152 diocesan, 16 religious), 125 religious (19 brothers, 106 sisters), 68 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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Seminarians

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