Diocese of

Agboville

Cote d’Ivoire Cote d’Ivoire

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Agboville / Agbovillen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Abidjan

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2025.10.22 – ...):Bishop Youlo Alexis Touabli (65)Bishop Youlo Alexis Touabli (65)

Bishop of San Pedro (Cote d’Ivoire)

President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa

Ordinaries

Bishops of Agboville (Roman Rite)

Bishop Youlo Alexis Touabli (65)Bishop Youlo Alexis Touabli (65)
(Apostolic Administrator 2025.10.22 – ...)

Bishop Youlo Alexis Touabli (65)Bishop Youlo Alexis Touabli (65)
(2006.10.14 – 2025.10.22)

Bishop of San Pedro (Cote d’Ivoire)
President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa
Apostolic Administrator of Agboville (Cote d’Ivoire)

Viens Esprit Saint

Born:1959.11.17 (Béréblo, Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:1987.08.08
Consecrated Bishop:2006.12.16

Priest of San Pedro (Cote d’Ivoire) (1987.08.08 – 2006.10.14)

Bishop of Agboville (Cote d’Ivoire) (2006.10.14 – 2025.10.22)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Côte d’Ivoire (2011.06 – 2017.05.21)

Second Vice-President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (2016.02 – 2022.05.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Yamoussoukro (Cote d’Ivoire) (2018.06.19 – 2022.12.28)

President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (2022.05.05 – ...)

Bishop of San Pedro (Cote d’Ivoire) (2025.10.22 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Agboville (Cote d’Ivoire) (2025.10.22 – ...)

Special Churches

Gagnoa (←), Yamoussoukro (↖), Abengourou (↗), Abidjan (↘), Yopougon (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,811 km²

Population: 797,580 Catholics (66.5% of 1,199,460 total)

Pastoral Centres: 51 parishes

Personnel: 117 priests (98 diocesan, 19 religious), 1 deacon, 80 religious (22 brothers, 58 sisters), 27 seminarians

Population

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Last updated on 2025.11.11

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