Diocese of

Man

Cote d’Ivoire

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Man / Manen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Gagnoa

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1968.06.08: Established as Diocese of Man / Manen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Daloa and became suffragan of Abidjan)
1994.12.19: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Odienné and became suffragan of Gagnoa

Present Prelates

Bishop (2007.12.18 – ...):

Bishop Gaspard Béby Gnéba (62)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena (2024.12.27 – ...):

Cardinal Jean-Pierre Kutwa (80)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Man (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Jean-Pierre Kutwa (80)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2024.12.27 – ...)

Bishop Gaspard Béby Gnéba (62)
(2007.12.18 – ...)

Bishop of Man (Cote d’Ivoire)

Born:	1963.01.06 (Tehiri Guitry, Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1992.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.03.08

Priest of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire) (1992.07.12 – 2007.12.18)

Bishop of Man (Cote d’Ivoire) (2007.12.18 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Odienné (Cote d’Ivoire) (2019.05.29 – 2022.06.30)

Bishop Joseph Niangoran Téky (93)
(1992.12.17 – 2007.12.18)

Bishop emeritus of Man (Cote d’Ivoire)

Born:	1932.12.21 (Bonoua, Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1961.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.03.14

Bishop of Man (Cote d’Ivoire) (1992.12.17 – 2007.12.18)

Bishop Bernard Agré (later Cardinal)
(1968.06.08 – 1992.03.06)

Être tout à tous

Born:	1926.03.02 (Monga, Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1953.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.10.03
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21
Died:	2014.06.09 (Paris, France † 88)

Priest of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (1953.07.20 – 1968.06.08)

Domestic Prelate (1961.12.08 – 1968.06.08)

Bishop of Man (Cote d’Ivoire) (1968.06.08 – 1992.03.06)

President of Regional Episcopal Conferences of Western Francophone Africa (1986 – 1991)

Bishop of Yamoussoukro (Cote d’Ivoire) (1992.03.06 – 1994.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (1994.12.19 – 2006.05.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2001.02.21 [2001.05.27] – 2014.06.09)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Michel, Man, Montagnes

Gbarnga (←), N’Zérékoré (←), Odienné (↑), Daloa (→), Gagnoa (↓), Cape Palmas (↓), San Pedro (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 30,750 km²

Population: 135,730 Catholics (5.8% of 2,323,690 total)

Pastoral Centres: 29 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 71 priests (57 diocesan, 14 religious), 67 religious (30 brothers, 37 sisters), 23 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.12.24

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