Episcopal Conference of Benin

The Episcopal Conference of Benin or Bishops' Conference of Benin is the local assembly of bishops is the Episcopal Conference of Benin (French: Conférence épiscopale du Bénin, or CEB).

The CEB is a member of the Regional Episcopal Conference of Francophone West Africa and the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM).

List of presidents:

• 1970-1971: Bernardin Gantin, Archbishop of Cotonou
• 1972-1991: Christophe Adimou, Archbishop of Cotonou
• 1991-1999: Lucien Monsi-Agboka, Bishop of Abomey
• 2001-2006: Nestor Assogba, Archbishop of Cotonou
• 2006-2016: Antoine Ganye, Dassa-Zoumé and Archbishop of Cotonou
• 2016-2023: Victor Agbanou, Bishop of Lokossa
• 2023-today: Roger Houngbédji, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotonou

The social arm of the Bishops Conference is Caritas Benin, which was founded as "Secours catholique dahoméen" in 1958 and renamed in 1983.^[1]

See also

• Catholic Church in Benin