Archdiocese of Parakou
The Archdiocese of Parakou is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Parakou in Benin.
Caritas BDBD Parakou is the social arm of the diocese.
History
- 13 May 1948: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Parakou from the Apostolic Prefecture of Niamey, Niger
- 10 February 1964: Promoted as Diocese of Parakou
- 16 October 1997: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Parakou
Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale Saints Pierre et Paul in Parakou.Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Parakou, below
- * Archbishop Pascal N’Koué: 14 June 2011 – Present
- * Archbishop Fidèle Agbatchi: 14 April 2004 – 4 November 2010, resigned
- * Archbishop Nestor Assogba: 16 October 1997 – 29 October 1999, appointed Archbishop of Cotonou; see below
- Bishop of Parakou, below
- * Bishop Nestor Assogba: 10 April 1976 – 16 October 1997; ''see above''
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Clet Feliho, appointed Bishop of Kandi in 2000
- Aristide Gonsallo, appointed Bishop of Porto Novo in 2015