Diocese of Abomey
Abomeien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Abomey, Benin
The Diocese of Abomey is a Latin Church diocese in Zou Department, Benin, erected in 1963 from the Archdiocese of Cotonou and the Diocese of Porto-Novo. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cotonou.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 April 1963
- Latin
- Abomeien(sis)
- Patron
- Saints Peter and Paul
- Annuario code
- 001000589
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 204,000
- Population
- 852,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 23.9%
- Priests
- 143
- Catholics per priest
- 1,427
- Extent
- 5,243 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 39
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Eugene Cyrille Houndekon
- Born
- 28 January 1960
- Birthplace
- Cotonou
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedrale Saints-Pierre-et-Paul stands in Abomey, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Cotonou
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cotonou.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CotonouCotonou
- Diocese of Dassa-ZouméDassa-Zoumé
- Diocese of LokossaLokossa
- Diocese of Porto NovoPorto Novo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, Abomey (Latin: Dioecesis Abomeiensis) is seated in the city of the same name and forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Cotonou in Benin. Its social outreach is carried out through Caritas Abomey.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.