Diocese of Dassa-Zoumé, Benin

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Dassa-Zoumé / Dassan(us)–Zumen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cotonou

1995.06.10: Established as Diocese of Dassa-Zoumé / Dassan(us)–Zumen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Abomey and became suffragan of Cotonou)

Bishop (2015.02.12 – ...):

Bishop François Gnonhossou, S.M.A. (63)

Bishops of Dassa-Zoumé (Roman Rite)

Bishop François Gnonhossou, S.M.A. (63)
(2015.02.12 – ...)

Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé (Benin)

Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé (Benin) (2015.02.12 – ...)

Fr. Benoît Gbemavo Goudote
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.08.15 – 2015.02.12)

Archbishop Antoine Ganyé (86)
(Apostolic Administrator 2011.10 – 2013.08.15)

Bishop Antoine Ganyé (86) (later Archbishop)
(1995.06.10 – 2010.08.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cotonou (Benin)
former President of Episcopal Conference of Benin

Priest of Cotonou (Benin) (1969.01.04 – 1995.06.10)

Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé (Benin) (1995.06.10 – 2010.08.21)

President of Episcopal Conference of Benin (2006 – 2016.06.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotonou (Benin) (2010.08.21 – 2016.06.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Dassa-Zoumé (Benin) (2011.10 – 2013.08.15)

Atakpamé (←), Sokodé (↖), Djougou (↑), Parakou (↑), Ilorin (↗), Oyo (→), Porto Novo (↘), Abeokuta (↘), Abomey (↓)

Area: 13,931 km²

Population: 479,979 Catholics (66.7% of 719,477 total)

Pastoral Centres: 48 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 83 priests (75 diocesan, 8 religious), 110 religious (13 brothers, 97 sisters), 64 seminarians