Djougou, 14 February, 2022 / 9:00 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis has appointed the Provincial Superior of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales (OSFS) in Benin as the Bishop for the country’s Diocese of Djougou, which has been vacant since March 2019 following the death of Bishop Paul Kouassivi Vieira.
The Saturday, February 12 appointment of Mons. Bernard de Clairvaux Toha Wontacien was published by the Holy See Press Office.
Mons. Toha Wontacien who has been serving as the Provincial Superior of OSFS in Benin since 2019 is expected to become the second Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Djougou.
Born in Benin’s Archdiocese of Parakou, the 51-year-old Bishop-elect made his first Religious profession in OSFS Congregation on 26 September 1998.
He was ordained a Priest in July 2006 after teaching Latin at the St. John Vianney Seminary in South Africa’s Pretoria Archdiocese.