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In 2023, more than half of all Christians in Benin are Roman Catholic .[2]
According to the 2002 census, 27.1 percent of the population of Benin was Roman Catholic , 5 percent Celestial Christian , 3.2 percent Methodist and 7.5 percent other Christian groups.[3]
Many nominal Christians also practice traditional local religious beliefs.[4]
Baptism ceremony of the Celestial Church of Christ in Cotonou
History [ edit ]
Christianity first reached Benin in 1680, gaining more permanent footing in the 19th century. English Methodists arrived in 1843, operating amongst the coastal Gun people.[5]
Roman Catholicism [ edit ]
The Catholic hierarchy in Benin consists of the Archdiocese of Cotonou (including the Dioceses of Abomey , Dassa-Zoumé , Lokossa , Porto Novo ) and the Parakou (including the Dioceses of Djougou , Kandi , Natitingou , and N'Dali ).
In 2011 it was reported that in Benin there were 440 priests and 900 men and women in religious orders.[6] nuns .[7]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Benin . United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (September 14, 2007). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
^ US State Dept 2022 Religious Freedom Report: Benin .
^ Serving In Mission website
^ Houngnikpo, Mathurin C.; Decalo, Samuel (2013). Historical Dictionary of Benin ISBN 978-0810871717 . Retrieved 28 July 2015 .
^ Catholics And Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-01
External links [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christianity_in_Benin&oldid=1214995559 " C a t e g o r y : ● C h r i s t i a n i t y i n B e n i n H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n w i t h e m p t y W i k i d a t a d e s c r i p t i o n
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 2 2 M a r c h 2 0 2 4 , a t 1 4 : 1 2 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
