Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Bouaké

Cote d’Ivoire

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Bouaké / Buaken(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Abengourou, Bondoukou, Yamoussoukro

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1951.05.17: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Bouaké / Buaken(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Abidjan)
1955.09.14: Promoted as Diocese of Bouaké / Buaken(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Abidjan)
1963.09.13: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Abengourou
1992.03.06: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Yamoussoukro
1994.12.19: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bouaké / Buaken(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Abengourou, Bondoukou and Yamoussoukro)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2006.09.22 – ...):	Archbishop Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M. (70)
Auxiliary Bishop (2020.05.05 – ...):	Bishop Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa (54) Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Mauretania

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Bouaké (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M. (70)
(2006.09.22 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bouaké (Cote d’Ivoire)

Annuntiare evangelium vitæ

Born:	1952.12.19 (Bingerville, Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1981.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.03.16

Bishop of Yamoussoukro (Cote d’Ivoire) (1995.12.06 – 2006.01.12)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Bouaké (Cote d’Ivoire) (2006.01.12 – 2006.09.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Yamoussoukro (Cote d’Ivoire) (2006.04.22 – 2006.07.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bouaké (Cote d’Ivoire) (2006.09.22 – ...)

Archbishop Vital Komenan Yao
(1994.12.19 – 2006.09.22)

Born:	1938 (Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1964.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.07.29
Died:	2006.09.22 († 67)

Bishop of Bouaké (Cote d’Ivoire) (1973.05.17 – 1994.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bouaké (Cote d’Ivoire) (1994.12.19 – 2006.09.22)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Côte d’Ivoire (1999 – 2005)

Bishops of Bouaké (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vital Komenan Yao (later Archbishop)
(1973.05.17 – 1994.12.19)

(see above)

Bishop André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A.
(1955.09.14 – 1973.05.17)

Born:	1908.05.30 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1934.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.12.08
Died:	1998.12.29 († 90)

Vicar Apostolic of Bouaké (Cote d’Ivoire) (1951.10.26 – 1955.09.14)

Bishop of Bouaké (Cote d’Ivoire) (1955.09.14 – 1973.05.17)

Vicars Apostolic of Bouaké (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A.
(1951.10.26 – 1955.09.14)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M. (70) (2006.01.12 – 2006.09.22)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Sainte-Thérèse, Bouaké, Vallée du Bandama

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 20,000 km²

Population: 244,000 Catholics (17.6% of 1,385,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 65 priests (59 diocesan, 6 religious), 92 religious (38 brothers, 54 sisters), 54 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2023.11.30

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