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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Parakou

The Archdiocese of Parakou (Latin: Archidioecesis Parakuensis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Parakou in Benin.

MV Cathédrale Saints-Pierre-et-Paul de Parakou

History edit

  • 13 May 1948: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Parakou from the Apostolic Prefecture of Niamey, Niger
  • 10 February 1964: Promoted as Diocese of Parakou
  • 16 October 1997: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Parakou

Special churches edit

The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale Saints Pierre et Paul in Parakou.

Bishops edit

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order edit

  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Parakou (Roman rite), below
    • Archbishop Pascal N’Koué: 14 June 2011 – Present
    • Archbishop Fidèle Agbatchi: 14 April 2004 – 4 November 2010, resigned
    • Archbishop Nestor Assogba: 16 October 1997 – 29 October 1999, appointed Archbishop of Cotonou; see below
  • Bishop of Parakou (Roman rite), below
    • Bishop Nestor Assogba: 10 April 1976 – 16 October 1997; see above

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops edit

  • Clet Feliho, appointed Bishop of Kandi in 2000
  • Aristide Gonsallo, appointed Bishop of Porto Novo in 2015

Suffragan dioceses edit

See also edit

References edit

External links edit

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