Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cotonou
The Archdiocese of Cotonou is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Cotonou in Benin.History
The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale Notre Dame in Cotonou. There is also a Minor Basilica at the Basilique de l'Immaculée Conception in Cotonou.Bishops
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Cotonou, in reverse chronological order
- *Archbishop Antoine Ganye:since 2010.08.21; formerly Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dassa-Zoume, Benin
- *Archbishop Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton:2005.03.05 - 2010.08.21
- *Archbishop Nestor Assogba:1999.10.29 – 2005.03.05
- *Archbishop Isidore de Souza:1990.12.27 – 1999.03.13
- *Archbishop Christophe Adimou:1971.06.28 – 1990.12.27
- *Archbishop Bernardin Gantin:1960.01.05 – 1971.06.28, appointed Official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples; future Cardinal
Coadjutor archbishop
- Isidore de Souza
- Bernardin Gantin, appointed Archbishop here; future Cardinal
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Lucien Monsi-Agboka, appointed Bishop of Abomey in 1963
- Martin Adjou Moumouni, appointed Bishop of N’Dali in 1999
- Eugène Cyrille Houndékon, appointed Bishop of Abomey in 2007
Suffragan Dioceses
- Abomey
- Dassa-Zoumé
- Lokossa
- Porto Novo
