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Diocese of

Agboville

Cote d’Ivoire Cote d’Ivoire

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Agboville / Agbovillen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Abidjan

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2006.10.14 – ...):Bishop Alexis Touabli Youlo (63)Bishop Alexis Touabli Youlo (63)

President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa

Ordinaries

Bishops of Agboville (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alexis Touabli Youlo (63)Bishop Alexis Touabli Youlo (63)
(2006.10.14 – ...)

Bishop of Agboville (Cote d’Ivoire)
President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa

Viens Esprit Saint

Born:1959.11.17 (Béréblo, Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:1987.08.08
Consecrated Bishop:2006.12.16

Bishop of Agboville (Cote d’Ivoire) (2006.10.14 – ...)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Côte d’Ivoire (2011.06 – 2017.05.21)

Second Vice-President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (2016.02 – 2022.05.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Yamoussoukro (Cote d’Ivoire) (2018.06.19 – 2022.12.28)

President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (2022.05.05 – ...)

Statistics

Area: 11,811 km²

Population: 762,120 Catholics (66.5% of 1,146,130 total) (2020)

Statistics: 48 parishes, 137 priests (117 diocesan, 20 religious), 1 deacon, 82 lay religious (30 brothers, 52 sisters), 33 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.01.27

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