Diocese of Abomey, Benin 🇧🇯

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Abomey / Abomeien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cotonou

1963.04.05: Established as Diocese of Abomey / Abomeien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonou and Diocese of Porto Novo and became suffragan of Cotonou)
1995.06.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Dassa-Zoumé

Bishop (2007.12.20 – ...):

Bishop Eugène Cyrille Houndékon (65)

Bishops of Abomey (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eugène Cyrille Houndékon (65)
(2007.12.20 – ...)

Bishop of Abomey (Benin)

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 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)

Priest of Cotonou (Benin) (1957.12.21 – 1963.04.05)

Bishop of Abomey (Benin) (1963.04.05 – 2002.11.25)

Area: 5,243 km²

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