The Archdiocese of Parakou (Latin : Archidioecesis Parakuensis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Parakou in Benin.
The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale Saints Pierre et Paul in Parakou.
The Catholic Church in Benin is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
An apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese, or is a diocese, archdiocese, eparchy or similar permanent ordinariate that either has no bishop or archbishop or, in very rare cases, has an incapacitated (arch)bishop. The title also applies to an outgoing (arch)bishop while awaiting for the date of assuming his new position.
The Archdiocese of Niamey is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in Niger. It is based in the capital city of Niamey and was erected on 28 April 1942. Pope Benedict XVI made it an archdiocese in June 2007. It performs the Latin Rite and covers approximately 200,000 square kilometres (80,000 sq mi).
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of N'Djaména is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of N’Djaména in Chad.
The Archdiocese of Blantyre is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Blantyre in Malawi.
The Archdiocese of Cotonou is the Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Cotonou in Benin. It is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Cotonou.
The Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso.
The Archdiocese of Gitega the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Gitega in Burundi.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bangui in the Central African Republic.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Garoua is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Garoua in Cameroon.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Benin City in Nigeria.
The Archdiocese of Calabar is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. Its archepiscopal see is Calabar, Cross River State. The Archbishop of Calabar is metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province with four suffragan dioceses: the Dioceses of Ikot Ekpene, Ogoja, Port Harcourt, and Uyo.
The Archdiocese of Ibadan is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Ibadan, Nigeria.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna {Kadunaën(sis) in Latin} is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Kaduna in Nigeria.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Kumasi in Ghana.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu is the Latin Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Kisumu in western Kenya.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Gulu in Uganda.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bujumbura is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bujumbura in Burundi.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Montelíbano is a diocese located in the city of Montelíbano in the ecclesiastical province of Cartagena in Colombia. It has 38 priests and 31 religious.
Archbishop Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton was a Beninese Roman Catholic archbishop, the Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou.
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