Diocese of

Grand-Bassam

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 8,354 km²

Population: 413,761 Catholics (23.5% of 1,764,000 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: Abidjan

Statistics: 45 parishes, 4 missions, 108 priests (81 diocesan, 27 religious), 121 lay religious (48 brothers, 73 sisters), 46 seminarians (2015)

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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. (58)

Bishops of Grand-Bassam (Roman Rite)

Bishop Raymond Ahoua, F.D.P. (58)
(2010.03.27 – ...)

Bishop of Grand-Bassam (Cote d’Ivoire)

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

Bishop Paul Dacoury-Tabley (84)
(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 2018.12.31