Diocese of

Grand-Bassam

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 8,354 km²

Population: 420,000 Catholics (22.0% of 1,910,000 total) (2017)

Statistics: 50 parishes, 5 missions, 101 priests (73 diocesan, 28 religious), 131 lay religious (54 brothers, 77 sisters), 65 seminarians (2017)

Ecclesiastical Province: Abidjan

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1982.06.08: Established as Diocese of Grand-Bassam / Bassam Maioris (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Abidjan)

Cathedral, World Heritage Site (Minor): Cathédrale Sacré-Cœur, Grand-Bassam, Sud-Comoé

Bishop (2010.03.27 – ...):

Bishop Raymond Ahoua, F.D.P. (60)

Bishops of Grand-Bassam (Roman Rite)

Bishop Raymond Ahoua, F.D.P. (60)
(2010.03.27 – ...)

Bishop of Grand-Bassam (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop of Grand-Bassam (Cote d’Ivoire) (2010.03.27 – ...)

Bishop Paul Dacoury-Tabley (85)
(1994.12.19 – 2010.03.27)

Bishop emeritus of Grand-Bassam (Cote d’Ivoire)

Titular Bishop of Castra severiana (1979.04.09 – 1994.12.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (1979.04.09 – 1994.12.19)

Bishop of Grand-Bassam (Cote d’Ivoire) (1994.12.19 – 2010.03.27)

Bishop Joseph Akichi
(1982.06.08 – 1993.04.05)

Bishop of Grand-Bassam (Cote d’Ivoire) (1982.06.08 – 1993.04.05)

as of 2020.05.12