Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lomé, Togo 🇹🇬

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Lomé / Lomen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Aného, Atakpamé, Dapaong, Kara, Kpalimé, Sokodé

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1892.04.12: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Togo (from Apostolic Prefecture of Dahomey)
1914.03.16: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Togo
1923.03.15: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Lower Volta
1937.05.18: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Sokodé
1938.06.14: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Lomé / Lomen(sis) (Latin)
1955.09.14: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lomé / Lomen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan see Sokodé)
1964.09.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Atakpamé and gained suffragan see Atakpamé
1965.07.06: Gained suffragan see Dapango
1994.07.01: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Aného and Diocese of Kpalimé and gained suffragan sees Aného, Kara and Kpalimé

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1985.08)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2024.08.11 – ...):	Bishop Isaac Jogues Kodjo Agbémenya Gaglo (67) Bishop of Aného (Togo)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Lomé (Roman Rite)

Bishop Isaac Jogues Kodjo Agbémenya Gaglo (67)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.08.11 – ...)

Archbishop Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Bénissan
(2019.11.23 – 2024.08.04)

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)

Archbishop Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah (82)
(2007.06.08 – 2019.11.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lomé (Togo)
former Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Togo

Humane divinus divine humanus

Born:	1943.10.10 (Kpogame Tahasi, Togo)
Ordained Priest:	1972.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.08.15

Priest of Lomé (Togo) (1972.05.22 – 2007.06.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo) (2007.06.08 – 2019.11.23)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Togo (2012.06.21 – 2019.11.23)

Archbishop Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro
(1992.12.17 – 2007.06.08)

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)

Fr. Jean Kuassi Gbikpi-Benissan
(Apostolic Administrator 1992.02.13 – 1992.12.17)

Archbishop Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron
(1962.03.10 – 1992.02.13)

Born:	1925.10.13 (Vogan, Togo)
Ordained Priest:	1951.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.06.10
Died:	2014.04.15 († 88)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo) (1962.03.10 – 1992.02.13)

President of Episcopal Conference of Togo (1970 – 1992)

President of Regional Episcopal Conferences of Western Francophone Africa (1978 – 1979)

Archbishop Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A.
(1955.09.14 – 1961.06.16)

Born:	1892.09.12 (Mertzwiller, France)
Ordained Priest:	1921.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.06.29
Died:	1984.03.12 (Saint-Pierre, France † 91)

Prefect Apostolic of Sokodé (Togo) (1937.05 – 1945.11.08)

Titular Bishop of Curubis (1945.11.08 – 1955.09.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Lomé (Togo) (1945.11.08 – 1955.09.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo) (1955.09.14 – 1961.06.16)

Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro (1961.06.16 – 1971.06.11)

Vicars Apostolic of Lomé (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. (later Archbishop)
(1945.11.08 – 1955.09.14)

(see above)

Bishop Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A.
(1923.03.22 – 1945.03.03)

Born:	1884.12.18 (Quimper, France)
Ordained Priest:	1908.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1923.07.15
Died:	1945.03.03 (Lomé, Togo † 60)

Apostolic Administrator of Togo (Togo) (1921.01.11 – 1923.03.22)

Titular Bishop of Verinopolis (1923.03.20 – 1945.03.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Lomé (Togo) (1923.03.22 – 1945.03.03)

Vicars Apostolic of Togo (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A.
(Apostolic Administrator 1921.01.11 – 1923.03.22)

Bishop François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A.
(Apostolic Administrator 1918.01.11 – 1921)

Bishop Franz Wolf, S.V.D.
(1914.03.16 – 1921.01)

Born:	1876.02.02 (Borbeck, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1899.02.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1914.06.28
Died:	1944.02.23 († 68)

Vicar Apostolic of Togo (Togo) (1914.03.16 – 1921.01)

Titular Bishop of Byblus (1914.03.16 – 1944.02.23)

Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea (Papua New Guinea) (1922.11.24 – 1944.02.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Central New Guinea (Papua New Guinea) (1923 – 1928)

Prefects Apostolic of Togo (Roman Rite)

Fr. Nicolaus Schoenig, S.V.D.
(? – 1914)

Died:

1914

Prefect Apostolic of Togo (Togo) (? – 1914)