Bishopric Bondoukou
| Bishopric Bondoukou | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ivory Coast |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bouaké |
| Diocesan bishop | Bruno Essoh Yedoh |
| founding | 1987 |
| surface | 40,000 km² |
| Parishes | 19 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 721,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 104,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 14.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 19 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 54 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,425 |
| Friars | 7 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 33 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saints-Odile |
The Bistum Bondoukou ( lat. : Dioecesis Bondukuensis ) is in the Ivory Coast preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Bondoukou .
history
The Diocese of Bondoukou was established on July 3, 1987 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Qui benignissimo from cessions of territory from the Diocese of Abengourou . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Bouaké as a suffragan .
Bishops of Bondoukou
- Alexandre Kouassi , 1987-1994
- Félix Kouadjo , 1996–2012
- Bruno Essoh Yedoh , since 2019
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Qui benignissimo , AAS 79 (1987), n.12, pp. 1432f.