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The Catholic Church in Benin is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
Parakou is the largest city in northern Benin, and the third-largest city in the country, with an estimated population of around 206,667 people, and capital of the Borgou Department. Administratively the commune of Parakou makes up one of Benin's 77 communes. Since 2015, its mayor is Souradjou Adamou Karimou.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City–Belmopan is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in continental Central America. The diocese comprises the entirety of Belize, the former British dependency British Honduras. It is a Latin suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kingston and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference, yet still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
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 Archdiocese of Parakou is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Parakou in Benin.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Kumasi in Ghana.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Djougou is a diocese located in the city of Djougou in the ecclesiastical province of Cotonou in Benin.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kandi is a diocese located in the city of Kandi in the ecclesiastical province of Parakou in Benin.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of N’Dali is a diocese located in the city of N’Dali in the ecclesiastical province of Parakou in Benin.
Christians in Benin constitute approximately 48.5 of the country's population.
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France.
Christianity is the largest religion in Benin, with substantial populations of Muslims and adherents of traditional faiths.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh is a diocese located in the cities of Simla and Chandigarh in the ecclesiastical province of Delhi in India.
The Diocese of Oslo is an exempt Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Oslo in Norway.
Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in Western Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north; its short coastline to the south leads to the Bight of Benin. Its size is just over 110000 km2 with a population of almost 8500000. Its capital is the Yoruba founded city of Porto Novo, but the seat of government is the Fon city of Cotonou. About half the population live below the international poverty line of US$1.25 per day.
Marc Marie Max Aillet is a French Roman Catholic prelate, who has been the bishop of Bayonne since 30 November 2008. He had previously served as vicar general of the diocese of Fréjus-Toulon.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Heliopolis (of Egypt) (originally of the Nile Delta) was a Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Latin Church in northern Egypt.
The Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral also simply called Cathedral of Parakou, is a religious building in the Catholic Church is located in the town of Parakou, in the Borgou department in the north part of the African country of Benin.
