Ubicación
Nombre oficialMonastère N.-D. de Kokoubou
Número84
Información de contacto
SuperiorDom Polycarp Wisungnin Javlon 1965. Supérieur ad nutum 2024
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Estatus jurídicoSimple Priory
DiócesisSimple Priory
Región OCSORAFMA
OrígenesFounded by Bellefontaine in 1972; raised to the status of simple priory on 16 June 1985.
Historia
- 1972: the founders, many of whom were already at Dahomey making preparations, took possession of the property in October of 1972. The foundation cross was blessed by the abbot of Bellefontaine on 28 October. The property is located 26 km west of Parakou, 36 km from the abbey of Etoile Notre-Dame. It is located on the savannah, which had to be cleared, near a stream that never dries up. This is the reason the place from which the monastery takes its name is Kokoubou, which means “always flowing.”
- 1985, 20 June: consecration of the church by Mgr. Assogba, bishop of Parakou. Also present were Dom Ambrose Southey, abbot general, Mgr. Mununu and Dom Emmanuel Coutant.
Padre inmediatoBellefontaine ; depuis 2025, Délégué du Père Immédiat : Dom Xavier Frisque d’Orval (jusqu’au Chapitre Général de 2028)
Sups. anteriores
- Charles FAUCHER — Supérieur — 28/10/1972 – 16/06/1985
- Charles FAUCHER — Prieur titulaire — 16/06/1985 – 01/12/2001
- Jean FORESTIER — Prieur titulaire — 05/01/2002 – 05/01/2014
- Marcellin DHECADJEVI — Prieur titulaire — 05/04/ 2014 – 20/03/2020
- Clément SOBAKIN — Prieur titulaire — 21/03/2020 – 24/10/2024
Trabajo/ingresocultivation of local crops – igname, corn, soya, peanuts – the surplus production is sold; 200 laying hens; honey; jams; cottage cheese.
Inst. huéspedes14 rooms
TransporteGare destinataire : Parakou.
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