Kokoubou
Dirección
Nombre Oficial Monastère N.-D. de Kokoubou
N° 84
País Benin
Ciudad Parakou
Dirección B.P. 97
Contacto
Email Comunidad [email protected]
Superiore/a Dom Polycarp Wisungnin Javlon 1965. Supérieur ad nutum 2024
Otras Informaciones
Estatuto Jurídico Simple Priory
Diócesis Simple Priory
Región OCSO RAFMA
(Re)fundado 1972
Orígenes
Founded 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 Inmediato
Bellefontaine
Antiguos(as) Superiores(as)
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
Trabajo y Fuentes de Ingresos
cultivation of local crops – igname, corn, soya, peanuts – the surplus production is sold; 200 laying hens; honey; jams; cottage cheese.
Hospedaje
14 rooms
Transporte
Gare destinataire : Parakou.
