Nestor Assogba

Nestor Assogba (21 February 1929 – 22 August 2017) was a Catholic archbishop from Benin.^[1]

Nestor Assogba
Born	(1929-02-21)21 February 1929 Abomey, Benin
Died	22 August 2017(2017-08-22) (aged 88)
Occupation	archbishop

Assogba was born in Abomey. He was ordained as a priest on 21 December 1957 and appointed Bishop of Parakou on 10 April 1976. He was ordained on 25 July that year. He served as Archbishop of Parakou from 16 October 1997 until 29 October 1999, when he was appointed Archbishop of Cotonou. He served in Cotonou for 51⁄2 years before retiring from service on 5 March 2005.^[2][3]