Diocese of Daloa
| Diocese of Daloa | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ivory Coast |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Gagnoa |
| Diocesan bishop | Marcellin Yao Kouadio |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Maurice Konan Kouassi |
| founding | 1940 |
| surface | 25,000 km² |
| Parishes | 14 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 1,196,000 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 38,000 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 3.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 12 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 809 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Friars | 18 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 34 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale du Christ-Roi |
The Diocese of Daloa ( Latin : Dioecesis Daloaensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Daloa on the Ivory Coast . It includes the regions of Haut-Sassandra and Marahoué .
history
Pope Pius XII founded with the Bull Quo intra the Apostolic Vicariate Sassandra on April 9, 1940 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Ivory Coast .
With the Apostolic Constitution Dum tantis it was elevated to a diocese on September 14, 1955 and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Abidjan as a suffragan .
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- June 25, 1956 to the Diocese of Gagnoa ;
- June 8, 1968 to the Diocese of Man ;
- December 19, 1994 to the Diocese of Odienné .
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Sassandra
- Alphonse Charles Kirmann SMA (April 9, 1940– February 18, 1955)
Bishops of Daloa
- Jean Marie Etrillard SMA (February 29, 1956– July 4, 1956, then Bishop of Gagnoa )
- Pierre-Eugène Rouanet SMA (July 4, 1956– November 20, 1975)
- Pierre-Marie Coty (November 20, 1975– March 22, 2005)
- Maurice Konan Kouassi (March 22, 2005– April 25, 2018)
- Marcellin Yao Kouadio (since April 25, 2018)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | male | Female | |||
| 1950 | 23,047 | 700,000 | 3.3 | 32 | 32 | 720 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 1970 | 7,692 | 520,000 | 1.5 | 22nd | 22nd | 349 | 22nd | 37 | |||
| 1980 | 18,979 | 832,000 | 2.3 | 26th | 5 | 21st | 729 | 24 | 36 | 12 | |
| 1990 | 25,500 | 1,203,000 | 2.1 | 23 | 9 | 14th | 1.108 | 21st | 46 | 13 | |
| 1999 | 35,500 | 1,115,000 | 3.2 | 40 | 24 | 16 | 887 | 1 | 23 | 53 | 13 |
| 2000 | 37,000 | 1,200,000 | 3.1 | 39 | 24 | 15th | 948 | 1 | 21st | 53 | 13 |
| 2001 | 36,500 | 1,193,000 | 3.1 | 41 | 26th | 15th | 890 | 1 | 23 | 48 | 13 |
| 2003 | 38,000 | 1,200,000 | 3.2 | 49 | 34 | 15th | 775 | 1 | 23 | 37 | 14th |
| 2004 | 38,000 | 1,196,000 | 3.2 | 43 | 31 | 12 | 883 | 1 | 18th | 34 | 14th |
| 2006 | 38,000 | 1,196,000 | 3.2 | 47 | 35 | 12 | 808 | 1 | 18th | 34 | 14th |