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Denomination : [[:Category:Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic]]
Denomination : [[:Category:Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic]]


Established : 1883 as Prefecture Apostolic of Dahomey, 1901 Vicariate Apostolic of Dahomey, 1948 Vicariate Apostolic of Ouidah<br>
Established : 1883 as Apostolic Prefecture of Dahomey<br>
Renamed 1901 to Apostolic Vicariate of Dahomey<br>
Renamed 1948 to Apostolic Vicariate of Ouidah<br>
Elevated to Archdiocese of Cotonou in 1955
Elevated to Archdiocese of Cotonou in 1955


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====Arms of Archbishops====
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No image|[[Louis Parisot, S.M.A.]] (1955-1960)
File:?.jpg|[[Louis-Auguste Dartois]] (1901-1905)
No image|[[Bernardin Gantin]] (1960-1971)
No image|[[François Steinmetz]] (1906-1934)
No image|[[Christophe Adimou]] (1971-1990)
File:Cotonou-parisot.jpg|[[Louis Parisot]] (1934-1960)
No image|[[Isidore de Souza ]] (1990-1999)
File:Cotonou-gantin2.jpg|[[Bernardin Gantin]] (1960-1971)
No image|[[Nestor Assogba]] (1999-2005)
File:Cotonou-adimou.jpg|[[Christophe Adimou]] (1971-1990)
No image|[[Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton]] (2005-2010)
File:Cotonou-souza.jpg|[[Isidore de Souza ]] (1990-1999)
No image|[[Antoine Ganyé]] (2010-2016)
File:Cotonou-assogba.jpg|[[Nestor Assogba]] (1999-2005)
File:cotonou-houngbedji.png|[[Roger Houngbédji, O.P.]] (2016-)
File:Cotonou-agboton.jpg|[[Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton]] (2005-2010)
File:Cotonou-ganye.jpg|[[Antoine Ganyé]] (2010-2016)
File:cotonou-houngbedji.png|[[Roger Houngbédji]] (2016-present)
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[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of Benin]]
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[[Category:Roman Catholic archdioceses]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic archdioceses]]

Latest revision as of 15:30, 28 March 2024

ARCHDIOCESE OF COTONOU (Archidioecesis Cotonuensis)

Country : Benin
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1883 as Apostolic Prefecture of Dahomey
Renamed 1901 to Apostolic Vicariate of Dahomey
Renamed 1948 to Apostolic Vicariate of Ouidah
Elevated to Archdiocese of Cotonou in 1955

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