Diocese of Odienné
Diocese of Odienné | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Ivory Coast |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Korhogo |
Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
founding | 1994 |
surface | 51,220 km² |
Parishes | 11 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Residents | 700,970 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics | 4,627 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
proportion of | 0.7% |
Diocesan priest | 7 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious priest | 11 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics per priest | 257 |
Friars | 12 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious sisters | 15 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | French |
cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Augustin |
The Bistum Odienné ( lat. : Dioecesis Odiennensis ) is in the Ivory Coast preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Odienné .
history
The Diocese of Odienné was established on December 19, 1994 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Ad aeternam from cedings of the dioceses of Daloa , Korhogo and Man . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Korhogo as a suffragan .
Bishops of Odienné
- Maurice Konan Kouassi , 1994–2005, then Bishop of Daloa
- Salomon Lezoutié , 2005–2009, then Coadjutor Bishop of Yopougon
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Antoine Koné , 2009–2019
- Sedis vacancy since May 8, 2019
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ad aeternam , AAS 87 (1995), n.6, p. 539f.