Diocese of Atakpamé, Togo

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Atakpamé / Atakpamen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lomé

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1964.09.29: Established as Diocese of Atakpamé / Atakpamen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lomé and became suffragan of Lomé)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.10.26 – ...):

Bishop Moïse Touho (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Atakpamé (Roman Rite)

Bishop Moïse Touho (61)
(2022.10.26 – ...)

Bishop of Atakpamé (Togo)

Jesus Christus lux mundi

Born:	1963.12.31 (Tomegbe, Togo)
Ordained Priest:	1992.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.01.07

Priest of Atakpamé (Togo) (1992.06.27 – 2022.10.26)

Bishop of Atakpamé (Togo) (2022.10.26 – ...)

Archbishop Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Bénissan
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.11.23 – 2022.10.26)

Bishop Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Bénissan (later Archbishop)
(2008.01.09 – 2019.11.23)

Ut unum sint

Born:	1963.05.19 (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:	1987.08.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.03.09
Died:	2024.08.04 (Lomé, Togo † 61)

Priest of Lomé (Togo) (1987.08.08 – 2008.01.09)

Bishop of Atakpamé (Togo) (2008.01.09 – 2019.11.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Atakpamé (Togo) (2019.11.23 – 2022.10.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo) (2019.11.23 – 2024.08.04)

Bishop Benoît Comlan Messan Alowonou (75)
(Apostolic Administrator 2006.03.01 – 2007.01.09)

Bishop Julien Mawule Kouto
(1993.10.18 – 2006.03.01)

Born:	1946.06.19 (Togo)
Ordained Priest:	1975.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.01.06
Died:	2015.06.05 († 68)

Bishop of Atakpamé (Togo) (1993.10.18 – 2006.03.01)

Bishop Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro (later Archbishop)
(1976.04.10 – 1992.12.17)

Born:	1930.03.30 (Tamegbé, Togo)
Ordained Priest:	1959.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.05.02
Died:	2024.01.09 (Sweden † 93)

Priest of Lomé (Togo) (1959.12.20 – 1964.09.29)

Priest of Atakpamé (Togo) (1964.09.29 – 1975.12.19)

Titular Bishop of Bacanaria (1975.12.19 – 1976.04.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Atakpamé (Togo) (1975.12.19 – 1976.04.10)

Bishop of Atakpamé (Togo) (1976.04.10 – 1992.12.17)

President of Episcopal Conference of Togo (1992 – 2006)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo) (1992.12.17 – 2007.06.08)

Bishop-elect Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1975.12.19 – 1976.04.10)

Bishop Bernard Oguki-Atakpah
(1964.09.29 – 1976)

Born:	1919.02.01 (Togo)
Ordained Priest:	1951.01.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.12.03
Died:	1977.02.26 († 58)

Bishop of Atakpamé (Togo) (1964.09.29 – 1976)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Trinité, Atakpamé, Plateaux

Kpalimé (↙), Jasikan (←), Sokodé (↑), Dassa-Zoumé (→), Abomey (→), Lokossa (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 13,900 km²

Population: 361,076 Catholics (38.0% of 950,145 total)

Pastoral Centres: 58 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 109 priests (106 diocesan, 3 religious), 98 religious (8 brothers, 90 sisters), 95 seminarians