Benin

Seniority by Priestly Ordination

Ordained Priest	Years	Name	Current Title
21 Dec 1952		Bishop Vincent Mensah	Bishop Emeritus of Porto Novo
21 Dec 1957		Archbishop Nestor Assogba	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou
8 Dec 1958		Ivan Cardinal Dias	Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Roman Curia
6 Jan 1966		Archbishop Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton	Archbishop of Cotonou
29 Jun 1966		Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
4 Jan 1969		Bishop Antoine Ganyé	Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé
8 Jul 1972		Archbishop André Pierre Louis Dupuy	Apostolic Nuncio to European Community
30 Sep 1972		Bishop René-Marie Ehuzu, C.I.M.	Bishop of Porto Novo
23 Dec 1972		Archbishop Michael August Blume, S.V.D.	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin
24 Mar 1974		Archbishop Pierre Nguyên Van Tot	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
10 Aug 1974		Bishop Victor Agbanou	Bishop of Lokossa
29 Jun 1975		Bishop Paul Kouassivi Vieira	Bishop of Djougou
7 Jan 1978		Archbishop Fidèle Agbatchi	Archbishop of Parakou
21 Jul 1979		Bishop Clet Feliho	Bishop of Kandi
3 Jul 1982		Bishop Marc 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		Bishop Pascal N'Koué	Bishop of Natitingou

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