Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lomé

The Archdiocese of Lomé (Latin Archidioecesis Lomensis ) is an archbishopric in Togo and seat of the Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Togo. The Archdiocese covers 3682 km ² and 1.5 million inhabitants, of whom about 28 % Roman Catholic faith. In the 36 parishes of the Archdiocese in 2004 had 98 diocesan priests and 52 religious priests.

History

The Archdiocese of Lomé was spun off as Apostolic Prefecture of the Apostolic Prefecture of Dahomey built in 1883 (now Benin) on 12 April 1892. On March 16, 1914, was raised to the apostolic vicariate, first Vicar Apostolic was Franz Wolf. After the spin-off of the Apostolic Prefecture Sokodé on May 18, 1937, the Vicariate Apostolic of Togo was renamed on 14 June 1938 in Lomé Apostolic Vicariate. On September 14, 1955, the survey was conducted to the archbishopric. The dioceses Atakpamé (1964 ) and Aného and Kpalimé (both 1994) were carved out of the Archdiocese.

Bishops

  • Vicars Apostolic of Togo Franz Wolf SVD, March 16, 1914-24. November 1922
  • Vicars Apostolic of Lomé Jean -Marie Cessou SMA, March 22, 1923-3. March 1945:
  • Joseph -Paul Strebler SMA 8 November 1945-14. September 1955
  • Archbishops of Lomé Joseph -Paul Strebler SMA, September 14, 1955-16. June 1961
  • Robert - Casimir Dosseh - Anyron, March 10, 1962-13. February 1992
  • Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro, December 17, 1992-8. June 2007
  • Denis Komivi Amuzu - Dzakpah, since June 8, 2007
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