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Diocese of Lokossa

Dioecesis Lokossaensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Coffi Roger Anoumou, Bishop
  • Victor Agbanou, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 11 March 1968
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cotonou
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Benin
  • Square Kilometers: 4,009 (1,548 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Évêché, B.P. 01, Lokossa, Benin
  • Telephone: 65.01.11.55; 22.41.11.96
  • Fax: 22.41.11.96

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
11 March 1968ErectedArchdiocese of Cotonou (Mono) Diocese of Lokossa (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
197023,098310,0087.5%912211,099133511ap1971
198025,500421,0006.1%122141,82124312ap1981
199061,450712,0008.6%362381,61723621ap1991
199883,452979,2108.5%60601,3908831ap2001
200185,453982,2108.7%56561,52510331ap2002
200385,400881,3719.7%691701,220110732ap2004
2004140,000884,62315.8%771781,794111634ap2005
2010138,2791,110,40912.5%1041041,32913545ap2011
2013146,7001,261,00011.6%1201201,22213950ap2014
2016159,0421,306,54312.2%1251251,27212454ap2017
2019177,3151,456,40012.2%1271271,396415257ap2020
2021187,1201,537,96012.2%1341341,396415257ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 60, Page 553, and Page 554

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