Metropolitan Archdiocese of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

Metropolitan Archbishops of Abidjan (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Jean-Pierre Kutwa (67)
(2006.05.02 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)

Born:	1945.12.22 (Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1971.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.09.16

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire) (2001.05.15 – 2006.05.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire) (2006.05.02 – 2006.07.21)

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

Cardinal Bernard Agré (87)
(1994.12.19 – 2006.05.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)

Être tout à tous

Born:	1926.03.02 (Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1953.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.10.03
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21

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] – ...)

Cardinal Bernard Yago
(1960.04.05 – 1994.12.19)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:	1916.07 (Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1947.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.05.08
Created Cardinal:	1983.02.02
Died:	1997.10.05 († 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (1960.04.05 – 1994.12.19)

President of Episcopal Conference of Côte d’Ivoire (1970 – 1993)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1983.02.02 – 1997.10.05)

Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A.
(1955.09.14 – 1959.06.10)

Born:	1898.03.09 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1923.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.05.30
Died:	1970.04.24 († 72)

Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio (Cote d’Ivoire) (1939.03.15 – 1940.04.09)

Titular Bishop of Onuphis (1939.03.15 – 1955.09.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (1940.04.09 – 1955.09.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (1955.09.14 – 1959.06.10)

Titular Archbishop of Viminacium (1959.06.10 – 1970.04.24)

Vicars Apostolic of Abidjan (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. (later Archbishop)
(1940.04.09 – 1955.09.14)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. (later Archbishop)
(1939.03.15 – 1940.04.09)

(see above)

Bishop François Person, S.M.A.
(1935.12.09 – 1938.07.08)

Born:	1890.09.19 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.05.10
Died:	1938.07.08 († 47)

Titular Bishop of Parætonium (1935.12.09 – 1938.07.08)

Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio (Cote d’Ivoire) (1935.12.09 – 1938.07.08)

Bishop Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A.
(1911.01.17 – 1935.03.29)

Born:	1873.10.11 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1912.06.06
Died:	1935.03.29 († 61)

Prefect Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio (Cote d’Ivoire) (1910.01.18 – 1911.01.17)

Titular Bishop of Ariassus (1911.01.17 – 1935.03.29)

Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio (Cote d’Ivoire) (1911.01.17 – 1935.03.29)

Prefects Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio (Roman Rite)

Fr. Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A. (later Bishop)
(1910.01.18 – 1911.01.17)

(see above)

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