Archdiocese of Abidjan

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Archdiocese of Abidjan
Basic data
Country Ivory Coast
Diocesan bishop Jean-Pierre Cardinal Kutwa
Vicar General Blaise Anoh
Boniface Ziri
founding 1895
surface 3,810 km²
Parishes 65 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Residents 2,772,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Catholics 1,386,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 )
proportion of 50%
Diocesan priest 274 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Religious priest 132 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Catholics per priest 3,414
Friars 501 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Religious sisters 414 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language French
cathedral St. Paul, Abidjan
Website [1]
Suffragan dioceses Diocese of Agboville
Diocese of Grand-Bassam
Diocese of Yopougon

The Archdiocese of Abidjan ( Latin : Archidioecesis Abidianensis ) is an archdiocese based in Abidjan ( Ivory Coast ). It includes the dioceses of Yopougon in the former suburb of Abidjans Yopougon , Agboville and Grand-Bassam in the old port city of Grand-Bassam . The area of ​​the archbishopric is around 3810 km².

history

On June 28, 1895, the Ivory Coast area was separated from the Gold Coast Apostolic Prefecture (today: Ghana) and an Ivory Coast Apostolic Prefecture was established. On November 17, 1911, part of it was cut off to build the Apostolic Prefecture of Korhogo . On the same day the prefecture was elevated to a vicariate . On April 9, 1940, the area around Sassandra was separated and appointed its own Apostolic Vicariate. The name was changed to Apostolic Vicariate Abidjan, as it only comprised a third of the eponymous Ivory Coast. Another loss of territory took place on May 17, 1951 with the establishment of the Bouaké prefecture .

Archdiocese

On September 14, 1955, the Vicariate Apostolic under the direction of the Africa missionary Jean-Baptiste Boivin was appointed Archdiocese. Eight years later, parts of the archdiocese and the dioceses of Bouaké and Katiola were built into the Abengourou diocese , those of Grand-Bassam and Yopougon at the sole expense of the archdiocese on June 8, 1982.

Since Bernard Cardinal Yago , the first Ivorian cardinal , the Archdiocese of Abidjan has traditionally been associated with the cardinal dignity.

Official

St. Paul Cathedral, Abidjan

Vicars Apostolic of Abidjan

Archbishops of Abidjan

statistics

year Catholics Total population Catholics share Diocesan priest Religious priest Total priests Catholics
per priest 		Permanent deacons Religious men Religious women Parishes source
Apostolic Vicariate of Abidjan
1950 93,810 751,000 12.5% 56 56 1,675 64 24 ap1951
Archdiocese of Abidjan ( Archidioecesis Abidianensis )
1959 140.730 19th 63 82 1,716 10 74 24 ap1960
1969 260,000 900,000 28.9% 40 96 136 1.911 128 132 35 ap1971
1980 375,000 2,347,000 16.0% 67 90 157 2,388 1 137 185 46 ap1981
1990 636,000 1,329,000 47.9% 61 61 122 5,213 131 104 26th ap1991
1999 750,000 2,500,000 30.0% 104 87 191 3,926 353 265 34 ap2000
2000 750,000 2,500,000 30.0% 104 80 184 4,076 306 265 36 ap2001
2001 750,000 2,500,000 30.0% 171 63 234 3,205 1 329 272 42 ap2002
2002 750,000 2,500,000 30.0% 102 65 167 4,491 290 276 43 ap2003
2003 750,000 2,500,000 30.0% 139 60 199 3,768 285 166 45 ap2004
2004 750,000 2,500,000 30.0% 136 74 210 3,571 1 279 271 44 ap2005

ap = Annuario Pontificio (Latin for: Papal Yearbook)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Av. Jean Paul II, 01 BP 1287, Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire