Philippe Fanoko Kpodzro

{{Short description|Togolese Roman Catholic archbishop (1930–2024)}}

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| honorific-prefix = His Excellency

| name = Philippe Fanoko Kpodzro

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| title = Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé

| image = Mgr Philippe Fanoko Kpodzro (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Kpodzro in 2018

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| diocese = Lomé

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| appointed = 17 December 1992

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| term_end = 8 June 2007

| predecessor = Robert-Casimir Dosseh-Anyron

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| successor = Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah

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| previous_post = Titular Bishop of Bacanaria (1975–1976)
Bishop of Atakpamé (1976–1992)

| ordination = 20 December 1959

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| consecration = 2 May 1976

| consecrated_by = Paul Zoungrana

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1930|03|30}}

| birth_place = Tamegbé, French Togoland, French West Africa

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Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro (30 March 1930 – 9 January 2024) was a Togolese Roman Catholic prelate. He was ordained a priest on 20 December 1959 in Rome, later ordained Bishop of Atakpamé on 2 May 1976. He was born in Tomégbé. He was Archbishop of Lomé between 17 December 1992 and 8 June 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bkpodzro.html|title=Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro|publisher=Catholic Hierarchy|accessdate=16 June 2011}}

Kpodzro was the president of the National Assembly of Togo from 1991 to 1994.[https://web.archive.org/web/20190622222900/http://www.assemblee-nationale.tg/assemblee-nationale/historiques/les-anciens-presidents.html "Les Anciens Présidents de l'Assemblée Nationale" - Assemblée Nationale Togolaise]. In January 2020, he called for the suspension of the 2020 Togolese presidential election in order to pave the way for electoral reforms."[https://allafrica.com/stories/202001130528.html Togo: Archbishop Kpodzro Joins Calls for Suspension of February Presidential Elections]", allAfrica/Catholic Information Service for Africa (Nairobi), 7 Jan 2020, retrieved 8 Feb 2020. Kpodzro died on 9 January 2024, at the age of 93.{{cite news |title=L'opposant togolais Monseigneur Kpodzro est mort |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1522787/politique/lopposant-togolais-monseigneur-kpodzro-est-mort/ |first1=Charles |last1=Djade |access-date=9 January 2024 |publisher=Jeune Afrique |date=9 January 2024}}