Diocese of Grand-Bassam, Cote d’Ivoire

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Grand-Bassam / Bassam Maioris (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Abidjan

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1982.06.08: Established as Diocese of Grand-Bassam / Bassam Maioris (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Abidjan and became suffragan of Abidjan)

Bishop (2010.03.27 – ...):

Bishop Raymond Ahoua, F.D.P. (64)

Bishops of Grand-Bassam (Roman Rite)

Bishop Raymond Ahoua, F.D.P. (64)
(2010.03.27 – ...)

Bishop of Grand-Bassam (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop of Grand-Bassam (Cote d’Ivoire) (2010.03.27 – ...)

Bishop Paul Dacoury-Tabley (89)
(1994.12.19 – 2010.03.27)

Bishop emeritus of Grand-Bassam (Cote d’Ivoire)

Titular Bishop of Castra severiana (1979.04.09 – 1994.12.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (1979.04.09 – 1994.12.19)

Bishop of Grand-Bassam (Cote d’Ivoire) (1994.12.19 – 2010.03.27)

Bishop Joseph Akichi
(1982.06.08 – 1993.04.05)

Bishop of Grand-Bassam (Cote d’Ivoire) (1982.06.08 – 1993.04.05)

Cathedral, World Heritage Site (Minor): Cathédrale Sacré-Cœur, Grand-Bassam, Comoé

Area: 8,354 km²

Population: 429,713 Catholics (22.3% of 1,922,767 total)

Pastoral Centres: 61 parishes, 26 missions

Personnel: 168 priests (129 diocesan, 39 religious), 135 religious (65 brothers, 70 sisters), 64 seminarians