Diocese of Odienné, Cote d’Ivoire

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Odienné / Odiennen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Korhogo

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1994.12.19: Established as Diocese of Odienné / Odiennen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Daloa, Diocese of Korhogo and Diocese of Man and became suffragan of Korhogo)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.06.30 – ...):

Bishop Alain Clément Amiézi (54)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Odienné (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alain Clément Amiézi (54)
(2022.06.30 – ...)

Bishop of Odienné (Cote d’Ivoire)

Ministrare non ministrari

Born:	1970.09.28 (Dimbokro, Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1999.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.09.24

Priest of Bondoukou (Cote d’Ivoire) (1999.05.01 – 2022.06.30)

Bishop of Odienné (Cote d’Ivoire) (2022.06.30 – ...)

Bishop Gaspard Béby Gnéba (62)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.05.29 – 2022.06.30)

Bishop Antoine Koné
(2009.07.01 – 2019.05.08)

Ut diligatis invicem

Born:	1963.01.10 (Ferkéssedougou, Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1991.12.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.08.22
Died:	2019.05.08 († 56)

Priest of Katiola (Cote d’Ivoire) (1991.12.28 – 2009.07.01)

Bishop of Odienné (Cote d’Ivoire) (2009.07.01 – 2019.05.08)

Bishop Jean Salomon Lezoutié (66)
(2005.07.29 – 2009.01.03)

Bishop of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire)

Born:	1958.04.08 (Yopougon, Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1989.07.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.10.08

Priest of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire) (1989.07.23 – 2005.07.29)

Bishop of Odienné (Cote d’Ivoire) (2005.07.29 – 2009.01.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire) (2009.01.03 – 2015.11.28)

Bishop of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire) (2015.11.28 – ...)

Bishop Maurice Konan Kouassi (86)
(1994.12.19 – 2005.03.22)

Bishop emeritus of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire)

In virtute spiritus

Born:	1938 (Adjékro, Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1965.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.04.23

Bishop of Odienné (Cote d’Ivoire) (1994.12.19 – 2005.03.22)

Bishop of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire) (2005.03.22 – 2018.04.25)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Augustin, Odienné, Denguélé

N’Zérékoré (↙), Kankan (←), Bamako (↑), Korhogo (→), Daloa (↘), Man (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 51,220 km²

Population: 14,830 Catholics (1.5% of 996,920 total)

Pastoral Centres: 29 parishes

Personnel: 22 priests (11 diocesan, 11 religious), 22 religious (11 brothers, 11 sisters), 23 seminarians