Archdiocese of Bouaké
| Archdiocese of Bouaké | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ivory Coast |
| Diocesan bishop | Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro OFM |
| Auxiliary bishop | Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa (appointed) |
| founding | 1951 |
| surface | 20,000 km² |
| Parishes | 31 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| Residents | 1,257,790 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| Catholics | 221.600 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| proportion of | 17.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 48 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| Religious priest | 12 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,693 |
| Friars | 44 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| Religious sisters | 54 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Sainte-Thérèse |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Abengourou Diocese of Bondoukou Diocese of Yamoussoukro |
The Archdiocese of Bouaké ( Latin : Archidioecesis Buakensis ) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese based in Bouaké on the Ivory Coast . It includes the departments Béoumi, Bouaké and Sakassou in the region Vallée du Bandama and the departments M'Bahiakro and Daoukro in the region N'zi-Comoé .
history
Pope Pius XII founded with the bull Quo fructuosius the Apostolic Prefecture Bouaké on May 17, 1951 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Abidjan .
On September 14, 1955, it was raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Dum tantis and the Archdiocese of Abidjan as a suffragan . With the Apostolic Constitution Quo aptius on December 19, 1994 it was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese.
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- September 13, 1963 to the Diocese of Abengourou ;
- March 6, 1992 to the diocese of Yamoussoukro .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Bouaké
- André-Pierre Duirat SMA (October 26, 1951 - September 14, 1955)
Bishops of Bouaké
- André-Pierre Duirat SMA (September 14, 1955 - May 17, 1973)
- Vital Komenan Yao (May 17, 1973 - December 19, 1994)
Archbishops of Bouaké
- Vital Komenan Yao (December 19, 1994 - September 22, 2006)
- Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro OFM (since September 22, 2006)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons |
Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number |
Diocesan priest |
Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
male | Female | |||
| 1959 | 36,317 | 578,927 | 6.3 | 30th | 4th | 26th | 1,210 | 6th | 33 | 13 | |
| 1970 | 59,298 | 810,000 | 7.3 | 48 | 11 | 37 | 1,235 | 55 | 69 | 16 | |
| 1980 | 117,817 | 1,200,000 | 9.8 | 57 | 13 | 44 | 2,066 | 71 | 84 | 21st | |
| 1990 | 235.376 | 1,306,000 | 18.0 | 61 | 22nd | 39 | 3,858 | 56 | 87 | 24 | |
| 1997 | 68.148 | 684,000 | 10.0 | 48 | 18th | 30th | 1,419 | 51 | 69 | 17th | |
| 2000 | 125,000 | 1,250,000 | 10.0 | 37 | 19th | 18th | 3,378 | 24 | 62 | 6th | |
| 2006 | 161,000 | 975,000 | 16.5 | 55 | 39 | 16 | 2,927 | 34 | 57 | 20th | |
| 2018 | 221,600 | 1,257,790 | 17.6 | 60 | 48 | 12 | 3,693 | 44 | 54 | 31 | |
See also
Web links
- Entry on Archdiocese of Bouaké on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Archdiocese of Bouaké on gcatholic.org (English)