Diocese of San Pedro-en-Côte d'Ivoire
| Diocese of San Pedro-en-Côte d'Ivoire | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ivory Coast |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Gagnoa |
| Diocesan bishop | Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi |
| founding | 1989 |
| surface | 30,375 km² |
| Parishes | 16 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 1,317,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 115,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 8.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 23 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 17 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,875 |
| Friars | 27 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 24 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Pierre |
The diocese of San Pedro-en-Côte d'Ivoire ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti Petri in Litore eburneo ) is in the Ivory Coast location Roman Catholic diocese , based in San-Pédro the Gulf of Guinea .
history
The diocese of San Pedro-en-Côte d'Ivoire was established on October 23, 1989 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Quo efficacius from cessions of territory from the diocese of Gagnoa . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Gagnoa as a suffragan .
Bishops of San Pedro-en-Côte d'Ivoire
- Barthélémy Djabla , 1989–2006, then Archbishop of Gagnoa
- Paulin Kouabénan N'Gnamé , 2007–2008
- Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi , since 2009
See also
Web links
- Entry for Diocese of San Pedro-en-Côte d'Ivoire on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 7, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Quo efficacius , AAS 82 (1990), n.3, pp. 222f.