Diocese of

Yopougon

Cote d’Ivoire

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Yopougon / Yopugonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Abidjan

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1982.06.08: Established as Diocese of Yopougon / Yopugonen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Abidjan and became suffragan of Abidjan)
2006.10.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Agboville

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.11.28 – ...):

Bishop Jean Salomon Lezoutié (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Yopougon (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean Salomon Lezoutié (65)
(2015.11.28 – ...)

Bishop of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire)

Born:	1958.04.08 (Yopougon, Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1989.07.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.10.08

Priest of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire) (1989.07.23 – 2005.07.29)

Bishop of Odienné (Cote d’Ivoire) (2005.07.29 – 2009.01.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire) (2009.01.03 – 2015.11.28)

Bishop of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire) (2015.11.28 – ...)

Bishop Laurent Akran Mandjo
(1982.06.08 – 2015.11.28)

Non ministrari sed ministrare

Born:	1940.11.05 (Songon-Agba, Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1971.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.09.18
Died:	2020.08.25 (Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire † 79)

Bishop of Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire) (1982.06.08 – 2015.11.28)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Côte d’Ivoire (2005.07 – 2008.06)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jean Salomon Lezoutié (65) (2009.01.03 – 2015.11.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-André, Yopougon, Abidjan
Future Cathedral: Future Cathédrale Saint-André, Yopougon, Abidjan

Statistics (2020.12.31)

Area: 13,011 km²

Population: 1,137,000 Catholics (47.5% of 2,395,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 63 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 186 priests (163 diocesan, 23 religious), 1 deacon, 153 religious (53 brothers, 100 sisters), 89 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2023.11.28

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