Diocese of Porto Novo
Portus Novi
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Porto Novo, Benin
The Diocese of Porto Novo is a Latin Catholic diocese in southern Benin, with its see in Porto-Novo. Established as an apostolic vicariate in 1954 and promoted to a diocese in 1955, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cotonou.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 September 1955
- Latin
- Portus Novi
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001002647
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 795,130
- Priests
- 203
- Catholics per priest
- 3,917
- Extent
- 4,545 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 175
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
- Aristide Gonsallo
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
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Immaculée Conception stands in Porto Novo, 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 AbomeyAbomey
- Diocese of Dassa-ZouméDassa-Zoumé
- Diocese of LokossaLokossa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Porto-Novo, a city within the ecclesiastical province of Cotonou in Benin, is the seat of this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Portus Novi). Its social arm is Caritas Porto-Novo.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.