Barthélemy Adoukonou


Barthélemy Adoukonou
Bishop of Zama Minor
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeZama Minor
In office8 October 2011-
Orders
Ordination16 December 1966
Consecration8 October 2011
by Tarcisio Bertone
Personal details
Born (1942-08-24) August 24, 1942
Styles of
Barthélemy Adoukonou
Reference styleThe Right Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop
Posthumous stylenot applicable

Barthélemy Adoukonou (born 24 August 1942) is a Beninese Catholic bishop. He is the Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 3 December 2009. He was previously Secretary-General both of the Conférence Épiscopale Régionale de l'Afrique de l'Ouest Francophone and of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Anglophone West Africa, and a consultor of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. As well as the languages of the two West African international conferences, he speaks Italian and German.