Diocese of Lokossa, Benin

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Lokossa / Lokossaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cotonou

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

1968.03.11: Established as Diocese of Lokossa / Lokossaën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonou and became suffragan of Cotonou)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.03.04 – ...):

Bishop Coffi Roger Anoumou (52)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lokossa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Coffi Roger Anoumou (52)
(2023.03.04 – ...)

Bishop of Lokossa (Benin)

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Born:	1972.07.30 (Dogbo, Benin)
Ordained Priest:	2003.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.05.13

Priest of Lokossa (Benin) (2003.12.27 – 2023.03.04)

Bishop of Lokossa (Benin) (2023.03.04 – ...)

Bishop Victor Agbanou (79)
(2000.07.05 – 2023.03.04)

Bishop emeritus of Lokossa (Benin)

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Born:	1945.12.23 (Lokossa, Benin)
Ordained Priest:	1974.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.11.04

Priest of Lokossa (Benin) (1974.08.10 – 2000.07.05)

Bishop of Lokossa (Benin) (2000.07.05 – 2023.03.04)

President of Episcopal Conference of Benin (2016.10.26 – 2023.05.26)

Bishop Robert Sastre
(1972.03.02 – 2000.01.16)

Born:	1926.06.07 (Benin)
Ordained Priest:	1952.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.08.06
Died:	2000.01.16 († 73)

Bishop of Lokossa (Benin) (1972.03.02 – 2000.01.16)

Bishop Christophe Adimou (later Archbishop)
(1968.03.11 – 1971.06.28)

Born:	1916.01.12 (Benin)
Ordained Priest:	1951.01.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.07.25
Died:	1998.07.08 († 82)

Bishop of Lokossa (Benin) (1968.03.11 – 1971.06.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotonou (Benin) (1971.06.28 – 1990.12.27)

President of Episcopal Conference of Benin (1972 – 1991)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-Claver, Lokossa, Mono

Aného (↙), Kpalimé (←), Atakpamé (↖), Abomey (↗), Cotonou (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,009 km²

Population: 200,180 Catholics (12.2% of 1,645,320 total)

Pastoral Centres: 60 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 117 priests (115 diocesan, 2 religious), 160 religious (26 brothers, 134 sisters), 39 seminarians