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Apostolic Vicariate Of Abidjan
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Abidjan ( la, Abidianen(sis)) is the Metropolitan bishop, Metropolitan Episcopal See, See for the Ecclesiastical province of Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire. History * June 28, 1895: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Costa d'Avorio from the Apostolic Prefecture of Gold Coast in Ghana * November 17, 1911: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Costa d'Avorio * April 9, 1940: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Abidjan * September 14, 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Abidjan Special churches The seat of the archbishop is St. Paul's Cathedral, Abidjan, St. Paul's Cathedral in Abidjan. Bishops * Prefect Apostolic of Ivory Coast (Latin Rite) ** Fr. Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A. (18 January 1910 – 17 January 1911); ''see below'' * Vicars Apostolic of Ivory Coast (Latin Rite) ** Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A. (17 January 1911 – 29 March 1935); ''see above'' ** François Person, S.M.A. (9 December 1935 – 8 July 1938) ** Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Bishop
In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan (alternative obsolete form: metropolite), pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis. Originally, the term referred to the bishop of the chief city of a historical Roman province, whose authority in relation to the other bishops of the province was recognized by the First Council of Nicaea (AD 325). The bishop of the provincial capital, the metropolitan, enjoyed certain rights over other bishops in the province, later called " suffragan bishops". The term ''metropolitan'' may refer in a similar sense to the bishop of the chief episcopal see (the "metropolitan see") of an ecclesiastical province. The head of such a metropolitan see has the rank of archbishop and is therefore called the metropolitan archbishop of the ecclesiastical province. Metropolitan (arch)bishops preside over synods of the bishops of their ecclesiastical province, and canon law and traditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
