Archdiocese of Cotonou Archidioecesis Cotonuensis Archidiocese de Cotonou
Bishopric
Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercies
Location
Country	Benin
Territory	Atlantique Department and Littoral Department
Ecclesiastical province	Cotonou
Statistics
Parishes	111
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathédrale Notre Dame
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Roger Houngbédji
Bishops emeritus	Antoine Ganyé
Website
https://archidiocesedecotonou.org/

The Archdiocese of Cotonou (Latin: Archidioecesis Cotonuensis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Cotonou in Benin.

History

• 26 June 1883: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Dahomey from the Apostolic Vicariate of Benin Coast, Nigeria
• 25 May 1901: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dahomey
• 13 May 1948: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Ouidah
• 14 September 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonou

Special churches

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 21 August 2010; formerly Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dassa-Zoume, Benin
  • Archbishop Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton: 5 March 2005 - 21 August 2010
  • Archbishop Nestor Assogba: 29 October 1999 – 5 March 2005
  • Archbishop Isidore de Souza: 27 December 1990 – 13 March 1999
  • Archbishop Christophe Adimou: 28 June 1971 – 27 December 1990
  • Archbishop Bernardin Gantin: 5 January 1960 – 28 June 1971, appointed Official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples; future Cardinal

Coadjutor archbishop

• Isidore de Souza (1981-1990)

Auxiliary bishop

• Bernardin Gantin (1956-1960), 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