Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions in Benin 🇧🇯

Date	Change
1883.06.26	Apostolic Prefecture of Dahomey was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bight of Benin)
1901.05.25	Apostolic Prefecture of Dahomey was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dahomey
1948.05.13	Apostolic Vicariate of Dahomey was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Ouidah
1948.05.13	Apostolic Prefecture of Parakou was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Niamey)
1954.04.05	Apostolic Vicariate of Porto Novo was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Ouidah)
1955.09.14	Apostolic Vicariate of Ouidah was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonou (with suffragan see Porto Novo)
1955.09.14	Apostolic Vicariate of Porto Novo was promoted as Diocese of Porto Novo (became suffragan of Cotonou)
1963.04.05	Diocese of Abomey was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonou and Diocese of Porto Novo and became suffragan of Cotonou)
1964.02.10	Diocese of Natitingou was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Parakou and became suffragan of Cotonou)
1964.02.10	Apostolic Prefecture of Parakou was promoted as Diocese of Parakou (lost territory to establish Diocese of Natitingou and became suffragan of Cotonou)
1968.03.11	Diocese of Lokossa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonou and became suffragan of Cotonou)
1994.12.19	Diocese of Kandi was established (from Diocese of Parakou and became suffragan of Cotonou)
1995.06.10	Diocese of Dassa-Zoumé was established (from Diocese of Abomey and became suffragan of Cotonou)
1995.06.10	Diocese of Djougou was established (from Diocese of Natitingou and became suffragan of Cotonou)
1997.10.16	Diocese of Parakou was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Parakou (with suffragan sees Djougou, Kandi and Natitingou)
1999.12.22	Diocese of N’Dali was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Parakou and became suffragan of Parakou)
2014.01.13	Apostolic Exarchate of Western and Central Africa (Maronite Rite) was established
2018.02.28	Apostolic Exarchate of Western and Central Africa (Maronite Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Annunciation of Ibadan (without ecclesiastical province)