MEMBER CONFERENCES of RECOWA-CERAO

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Benin

Also known as: Episcopal Conference of Benin (English)

Country: Benin 

Address: 01 B.P. 491, Cotonou, Benin

Phone: 21.3001.45; 21.30.66.48

Website: 


Present Officials

President (2023.05.26 – …)Archbishop Roger Houngbédji, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotonou (Benin)
Vice-President (2023.05.26 – …):Bishop Aristide Gonsallo Bishop of Porto Novo (Benin)
General Secretary (2023.05.26 – …):Bishop Bernard de Clairvaux Toha WontacienO.S.F.S. Bishop of Djougou (Benin)

Joint Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger

Also known as: Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger (English)

Countries: Burkina Faso Niger 

Address: 01 B.P. 1902, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Phone: +226 50.37.43.58/9

Website: 


Present Officials

President (2025.06.13 – …):Archbishop Gabriel Sayaogo  Metropolitan Archbishop of Koupéla (Burkina Faso)
Vice-President (2025.06.13 – …):Bishop Ollo Modeste Kambou  Bishop of Gaoua (Burkina Faso)
General Secretary (2024 – …):Fr Guy Judicaël Bicaba

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cote d’Ivoire

Also known as: Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Côte d’Ivoire (English)

Country: Cote d’Ivoire 

Address: B.P. 713 CÌDEX 3, Abidjan-Riviera 01, Cote d’Ivoire

Phone: 22.47.20.00

Website: 


Present Officials

President (2023.06.04 – …):Bishop Marcellin Yao Kouadio  Bishop of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire)
Vice-President (2023.06.04 – …):Bishop Bruno Essoh Yedoh  Bishop of Bondoukou (Cote d’Ivoire
General Secretary (2024.06.02 – …): Fr. Émile Kélignon Priest of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire)

Inter-territorial catholic bishops’ Conference of Gambia and Sierra Leone (ITCABIC)

Countries: Gambia Sierra Leone 

Address: Santanno House, P.O. Box 893, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Phone: (022)22.82.40

Website: 


Present Officials

President (2022 – …):Bishop Natale Paganelli,  Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala

Catholic Bishops Conference of Ghana

Country: Ghana 

Address: National Catholic Secretariat, P.O. Box 9712 Airport, Accra, Ghana

Phone: (021)500.491/2

Website: 


Present Officials

President (2022.11.10 – …):Bishop Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi Bishop of Sunyani (Ghana)
Vice-President (2022.11.10 – …):Bishop Emmanuel Kofi Fianu, Bishop of Ho (Ghana)
General Secretary (2023.06.12 – …):Fr. Clement Kwasi Adjei Priest of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana)

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Guinee

Also known as: Episcopal Conference of the Guinea (English)

Country: Guinea 

Address: B.P. 1006 bis., Conakry, Guinea


Present Officials

President (2025.05.17 – …):Bishop Alexis Aly Tagbino Bishop of Kankan (Guinea)
Vice-President (2025.05.17 – …):Bishop Moïse Tinguiano  Bishop of Boké (Guinea)
General Secretary (2019? – …):Fr. Louis Gbilimou

Catholic Bishops Conference of Liberia

Country: Liberia 

Address: P.O. Box 10-2078, 1000 Monrovia, Liberia

Phone: 227-245


Present Officials

President (2017 – …):Bishop Anthony Fallah Borwah Bishop of Gbarnga (Liberia)
General Secretary (2018? – …):Fr. Dennis Cephas Nimene 

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Mali

Also known as: Episcopal Conference of Mali (English)

Country: Mali 

Address: Archevêché, B.P. 298, Bamako, Mali

Phone: 2225.499

Website: 


Present Officials

President (2017.03 – …):Bishop Jonas Dembélé Bishop of Kayes (Mali)
Vice-President (2016.10? – …):Bishop Augustin Traoré (69)Bishop of Ségou (Mali)
General Secretary (2018 – …):Fr. Alexandre Denou

Catholic Bishops’ conference of Nigeria

Country: Nigeria 

Address: P.O. Box 951, 6 Force Rd., Lagos, Nigeria

Phone: (01)263.58.49

Website: 

History


Present Officials

President (2022.03.09 – …):Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji Metropolitan Archbishop of Owerri (Nigeria)Apostolic Administrator of Ahiara (Nigeria)
Vice-President (2022.03.09 – …):Archbishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaduna (Nigeria)
General Secretary (2022.03.09 – …):Bishop Donatus Aihmiosion OgunO.S.A. Bishop of Uromi (Nigeria)

Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau

Countries: Cabo Verde Guinea-Bissau Mauritania Senegal 

Address: B.P. 941, Dakar, Senegal

Present Officials

President (2024.11 – …):Bishop Paul Abel Mamba Diatta Bishop of Tambacounda (Senegal)
Vice-President (2024.11 – …):Archbishop André Gueye  Metropolitan Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal)
Second Vice-President (2024.11 – …):Bishop Ildo Augusto Dos Santos Lopes Fortes (60)Bishop of Mindelo (Cabo Verde)
General Secretary (2019? – …):Fr. Augustin Thiaw

Catholic Bishops Conference of Togo

Also known as: Episcopal Conference of Togo (English)

Country: Togo 

Address: B.P. 348, Lomé, Togo

Phone: 221.22.72

Website: 


Present Officials

President (2012.06.21 – …):Bishop Benoît Comlan Messan Alowonou (76)Bishop of Kpalimé (Togo)
Vice-President (2021? – …):Bishop Jacques Danka Longa (64)Bishop of Kara (Togo)
General Secretary (2018.09.28 – …):Fr. Émile Segbedji