Abengourou diocese
| Abengourou diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Ivory Coast |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bouaké |
| Diocesan bishop | Gbaya Boniface Ziri |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Bruno Kouamé |
| Vicar General | Pierre Aka Kouassi N'Kruma |
| founding | 1963 |
| surface | 18,214 km² |
| Parishes | 27 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 635,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 312,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 49.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 54 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,778 |
| Friars | 3 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 25 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Sainte-Thérèse de l'enfant Jésus |
The Bistum Abengourou ( lat. : Dioecesis Abenguruensis ) is in the Ivory Coast preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Abengourou .
history
The diocese Abengourou was on September 13, 1963 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Sacrum Consilium from cedings of the dioceses Bouaké and Katiola and the Archdiocese of Abidjan . On July 3, 1987, the Abengourou diocese gave parts of its territory to establish the Bondoukou diocese .
The Diocese of Abengourou is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Bouaké as a suffragan .
Bishops of Abengourou
- Eugène Abissa Kwaku , 1963–1978
- Laurent Yapi , 1979-1980
- Bruno Kouamé , 1981-2003
- Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi , 2003–2009, then Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d'Ivoire
- Gbaya Boniface Ziri , since 2009
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Sacrum Consilium , AAS 56 (1964), n.9, p. 547ff.