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 (2016.10.26 – …):Bishop Victor Agbanou Bishop of Lokossa (Benin)
Vice-President (2016.10.26 – …):Bishop Eugène Cyrille Houndékon Bishop of Abomey (Benin)
General Secretary (2016.10.26 – …):Archbishop Pascal N’Koué Metropolitan Archbishop of Parakou (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 (2019.06.14 – ….):Bishop Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré Bishop of Dori (Burkina Faso)
Vice-President (2019.06.14 – …):Archbishop Gabriel Sayaogo Metropolitan Archbishop of Koupéla (Burkina Faso)

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 (2017.05.21 – …):Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo Metropolitan Archbishop of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire)
Vice-President (2017.05.21 – …):Bishop Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi Bishop of San Pedro (Cote d’Ivoire)
General Secretary (2015.09.01 – …):Fr. Emmanuel Wohi Nin

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 (2016.05 – …):Bishop Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell Bishop of Bo (Sierra Leone)

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 FianuS.V.D. Bishop of Ho (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 (2018.05.11 – …):Bishop Raphaël Balla Guilavogui Bishop of N’Zérékoré (Guinea)

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)

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)
General Secretary (2012? – …):Fr. Edmond Dembélé

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 (2020.11.15 – …Cardinal Arlindo Gomes Furtado Cardinal-Priest of S. Timoteo
Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)
Vice-President (2017.11.18 – …)Bishop Paul Abel Mamba Diatta Bishop of Tambacounda (Senegal)
General Secretary (2017.11.18 – …Bishop André Gueye Bishop of Thiès (Senegal)
Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal)

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 – …):Bishop Benoît Comlan Messan Alowonou Bishop of Kpalimé (Togo)
Vice-President (2012.06 – …):Archbishop Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lomé (Togo)