Archbishop Nestor Assogba

Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Feb 1929		Born	Abomey
21 Dec 1957	28.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
10 Apr 1976	47.1	Appointed	Bishop of Parakou, Benin
25 Jul 1976	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Parakou, Benin
16 Oct 1997	68.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Parakou, Benin
29 Oct 1999	70.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin
5 Mar 2005	76.0	Retired	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Cotonou.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Lucien Monsi-Agboka
Bishop Guy-Marie-Joseph Riobé †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Nestor Assogba (1976)
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin (1957)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton
Bishop Pascal N'Koué
Archbishop Fidèle Agbatchi
Bishop Martin Adjou Moumouni
Bishop Clet Feliho

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