Catholic ChurchinRepublic of Côte d’Ivoire (Cote d’Ivoire) | ![]() |
Also known as: Elfenbeinküste (Deutsch), Costa de Marfil (español), la Côte d’Ivoire (français), Costa d’Avorio (Italiano), Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej (polski), Costa do Marfim (Português), 科特迪瓦 (正體中文), コートジボワール (日本語), Litus Eburneum (latine)
Continent: Western and Northern Africa
Capital: Yamoussoukro
Neighbouring Countries: ← Liberia , ↖ Guinea
, ↑ Mali
, ↗ Burkina Faso
, → Ghana
Roman Rite (15): Abengourou, Abidjan, Agboville, Bondoukou, Bouaké, Daloa, Gagnoa, Grand-Bassam, Katiola, Korhogo, Man, Odienné, San Pedro, Yamoussoukro, Yopougon
Maronite Church (1): Annunciation of Ibadan
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Changes in Jurisdictions | Former Jurisdictions
Apostolic Nunciature: Cote d’Ivoire
Conference of Bishops: Conférence des Evêques Catholiques de Côte d’Ivoire
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (R.E.C.O.W.A.)
Catholic Population: 7,795,000 Catholics (28.8% of 27,088,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 632 parishes, 1,059 mission stations (5 with resident priest, 1,054 without resident priest), 33 other centres
Clergy: 18 bishops (12 diocesan, 6 titular), 1,978 priests (1,575 diocesan, 403 religious), 7 permanent deacons (4 diocesan, 3 religious)
Non-Clergy: 1,252 religious (292 brothers, 960 sisters), 11 members of secular institutes (sisters), 822 major seminarians, 28 missionaries, 20,252 catechists
Area: 318,003 km²
Population: 24,184,810
Religions: Muslim 42.9%, Catholic 17.2%, Evangelical 11.8%, Methodist 1.7%, other Christian 3.2%, animist 3.6%, other religion 0.5%, none 19.1%
Languages: French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken
Ethnic Groups: Akan 28.8%, Voltaique or Gur 16.1%, Northern Mande 14.5%, Kru 8.5%, Southern Mande 6.9%, unspecified 0.9%, non-Ivoirian 42.3%
Motto: Union, Discipline, Travail (French) (Unity, Discipline, Labor)
Last updated on 2023.09.10
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