Continent: Western and Northern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Bouaké / Buaken(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Abengourou, Bondoukou, Yamoussoukro
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
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Metropolitan Archbishop (2024.07.25 – ...): | Archbishop Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa (55) |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Bouaké (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa (55) Metropolitan Archbishop of Bouaké (Cote d’Ivoire)
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Bishop Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa (55) (later Archbishop) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M.
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Archbishop Vital Komenan Yao
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Bishops of Bouaké (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Vital Komenan Yao (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A.
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Vicars Apostolic of Bouaké (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop-elect André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A. (see above) |
Area: 20,000 km²
Population: 267,130 Catholics (19.6% of 1,364,929 total)
Pastoral Centres: 39 parishes, 1 mission
Personnel: 88 priests (65 diocesan, 23 religious), 100 religious (39 brothers, 61 sisters), 57 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.10.13
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