Benin: funeral program for Monsignor Barthélémy Adoukonou, who died on October 27

The Catholic Church of Benin announced the death of Msgr Barthélémy Adoukonou, which occurred during the night of October 26–27, 2025.

The prelate’s burial will take place on November 3, 2025, in the new chapel of the Grand Seminary of Djimè, in Abomey.

The details of the funeral program are as follows.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2025

• Triduum of Masses in all the parishes across Benin’s ten dioceses
• 7:00 PM – Prayer vigils & Masses
• Parish of Our Lady of the Assumption of Aganganan – Abomey
• Parish of St. Francis of Assisi – Bohicon
• Parish of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus – Zogbodomey
• Parish of St. Joan of Arc – Hlanhonhou

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2025

• 7:00 PM – Prayer vigils & Masses
• Parish of Our Lady of the Assumption of Aganganan – Abomey
• Parish of St. Francis of Assisi – Bohicon
• Parish of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus – Zogbodomey
• Parish of St. Joan of Arc – Hlanhonhou

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2025

• 9:00 AM – Burial Mass at the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral – Abomey
• Sunday, November 2 and Monday, November 3, 2025

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2025

• 2:30 PM Removal of the body from the PROCI morgue at PK 6 Akpakpa – Cotonou
• 3:30 PM Stop and prayer at St. John the Baptist Church – Cotonou
• 4:00 PM Mass with the body present at St. John the Baptist Church – Cotonou
• 6:00 PM Departure for Bohicon and Abomey
• 9:00 PM Stop and prayer at LAHISCI (Former QIC Center, near Hotel Dako, Bohicon)
• 9:30 PM Reception and prayer at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (Presbytery of Abomey Cathedral)
• 9:45 PM Inclusive prayer vigil with digital participation
• 10:30 PM Audiovisual tribute accompanied by the united Churches and priests

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2025

• 6:00 AM Thanksgiving Mass
• 8:00 AM Testimonies and farewells
• 10:00 AM Burial Mass at Abomey Cathedral
• 12:00 PM Interment in the strict privacy of the family at the Agbokpa family vault
• 1:00 PM Agape at the Guy Dagnan Pastoral Center – Abomey
• 3:00 PM Requiem Mass at St. Peter and Paul Church – Abomey
• 5:00 PM Requiem Mass at St. John the Baptist Church – Cotonou
• 7:00 PM Requiem Mass at St. Michael Church – Cotonou
• 9:00 PM Requiem Mass at St. Francis of Assisi Church – Cotonou