Diocese of Natitingou, Benin 🇧🇯

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Natitingou / Natitinguen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Parakou

Neighbouring Dioceses: Kara (↙), Dapaong (←), Fada N’Gourma (↑), Kandi (↗), N’Dali (→), Djougou (↘), Parakou (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1964.02.10: Established as Diocese of Natitingou / Natitinguen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Prefecture of Parakou and became suffragan of Cotonou)
1995.06.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Djougou
1997.10.16: Became suffragan of Parakou

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.03.13 – ...):

Bishop Antoine Sabi Bio (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Natitingou (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antoine Sabi Bio (62)
(2014.03.13 – ...)

Bishop of Natitingou (Benin)

Sacré-coeur du Christ

Born:	1963 (Gounienou, Benin)
Ordained Priest:	1991.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.05.17

Priest of Natitingou (Benin) (1991.12.07 – 2014.03.13)

Apostolic Administrator of Natitingou (Benin) (2011.08.13 – 2014.03.13)

Bishop of Natitingou (Benin) (2014.03.13 – ...)

Fr. Antoine Sabi Bio (62) (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2011.08.13 – 2014.03.13)

Bishop Pascal N’Koué (67) (later Archbishop)
(1997.06.28 – 2011.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Parakou (Benin)

A Deo omnia

Born:	1959.03.29 (Boukombé, Benin)
Ordained Priest:	1986.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.09.21

Priest of Natitingou (Benin) (1986.07.26 – 1997.06.28)

Bishop of Natitingou (Benin) (1997.06.28 – 2011.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Parakou (Benin) (2011.06.14 – ...)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Benin (2016.10.26 – 2023.05.26)

Apostolic Administrator of Djougou (Benin) (2019.04.03 – 2022.02.12)

Bishop Nestor Assogba (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1995.06.10 – 1997.06.28)

Bishop Nicolas Okioh
(1983.11.11 – 1995.06.10)

Born:	1932.01.14 (Manigri, Benin)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.01.06
Died:	2001.04.15 († 69)

Bishop of Natitingou (Benin) (1983.11.11 – 1995.06.10)

Bishop Patient Redois, S.M.A.
(1964.02.10 – 1983.11.11)

Born:	1925.05.16 (La Marne, France)
Ordained Priest:	1950.02.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.05.07
Died:	1993.06.08 (Salin-de-Giraud, France † 68)

Bishop of Natitingou (Benin) (1964.02.10 – 1983.11.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Parakou (Benin) (1975.09.29 – 1976.10.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception, Natitingou, Atacora
Former Cathedral: Ancienne cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception, Natitingou, Atacora

Kara (↙), Dapaong (←), Fada N’Gourma (↑), Kandi (↗), N’Dali (→), Djougou (↘), Parakou (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 20,499 km²

Population: 203,200 Catholics (18.5% of 1,096,770 total)

Pastoral Centres: 42 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 80 priests (64 diocesan, 16 religious), 194 religious (44 brothers, 150 sisters), 34 seminarians