Kokoubou
Location
Official Name Monastère N.-D. de Kokoubou
N° 84
Country Benin
City Parakou
Address B.P. 97
Contact Information
Community Email [email protected]
Superior Dom Polycarp Wisungnin Javlon 1965. Supérieur ad nutum 2024
Other Information
Juridical Status Simple Priory
Diocese Simple Priory
OCSO Region RAFMA
Founded/Restored 1972
Origins
Founded by Bellefontaine in 1972; raised to the status of simple priory on 16 June 1985.
History
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.
Father Immediate
Bellefontaine
Past Superiors
Charles FAUCHER — Supérieur — 28/10/1972 – 16/06/1985
Charles FAUCHER — Prieur titulaire — 16/06/1985 – 01/12/2001
Marcellin DHECADJEVI — Prieur titulaire — 5/04/ 2014 – 20/03/2020
Clément SOBAKIN — Prieur titulaire — 21/03/2020 – 24/10/2024
Work and Sources of Income
cultivation of local crops – igname, corn, soya, peanuts – the surplus production is sold; 200 laying hens; honey; jams; cottage cheese.
Guest Facilities
14 rooms
Transportation
Gare destinataire : Parakou.
