Benin

Seniority by Priestly Ordination

Ordained Priest	Years	Name	Current Title
29 Jun 1966		Giuseppe Cardinal Bertello	President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State, Roman Curia
16 Dec 1966		Bishop Barthélemy Adoukonou	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Roman Curia
4 Jan 1969		Archbishop Antoine Ganyé	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou
8 Jul 1972		Archbishop André Pierre Louis Dupuy	Apostolic Nuncio
23 Dec 1972		Archbishop Michael August Blume, S.V.D.	Apostolic Nuncio
24 Mar 1974		Archbishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt	Apostolic Nuncio
10 Aug 1974		Bishop Victor Agbanou	Bishop Emeritus of Lokossa
7 Jan 1978		Archbishop Fidèle Agbatchi	Archbishop Emeritus of Parakou
21 Jul 1979		Bishop Clet Feliho	Bishop of Kandi
3 Jul 1982		Bishop Marc Marie Max Aillet	Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France
16 Jul 1983		Bishop Martin Adjou Moumouni	Bishop of N’Dali
5 Jul 1986		Bishop Eugène Cyrille Houndékon	Bishop of Abomey
26 Jul 1986		Archbishop Pascal N’Koué	Archbishop of Parakou
7 Dec 1989		Archbishop Dieudonné Datonou	Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi
26 May 1991		Father Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin
7 Dec 1991		Bishop Antoine Sabi Bio	Bishop of Natitingou
2 May 1992		Archbishop Brian Udaigwe	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
8 Aug 1992		Archbishop Roger Houngbédji, O.P.	Archbishop of Cotonou
27 Dec 1992		Bishop Aristide Gonsallo	Bishop of Porto Novo
14 Sep 1996		Archbishop Mark Gerard Miles	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
26 Jul 1997		Bishop François Xavier Ghanbodè Gnonhossou, S.M.A.	Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé
27 Dec 2003		Bishop Coffi Roger Anoumou	Bishop of Lokossa
22 Jul 2006		Bishop Bernard de Clairvaux Toha Wontacien, O.S.F.S.	Bishop of Djougou

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