Regional Union of Conferences of Major Superiors of Francophone West Africa

U.R.C.A.O.

Also known as: Unione Regionale delle Conferenze dei Superiori Maggiori dell’Africa Occidentale Francofona (Italiano)

Type: Federation of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Depends on: Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

History

1992.03.09: Established as Regional Union of Conferences of Major Superiors of Francophone West Africa (U.R.C.A.O.) (English) / Unione Regionale delle Conferenze dei Superiori Maggiori dell’Africa Occidentale Francofona (Italiano)

Contact Info

Address: 09 B.P. 93, Cotonou, Benin

Phone: 21.32.26.96

Superiors

President:

Fr. Guillaume Kambounon, O.S.F.S. (2018 – ...)

Past Superiors

President:

Abbot Théodore Coco, O.S.B. (? – 2018)

Last updated on 2026.02.24

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