Barthélémy Djabla (1936 – 15 September 2008) was the Ivorian

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of the

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, based in

Gagnoa Gagnoa is a city in south-central Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both Gôh-Djiboua District and Gôh Region. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Gagnoa Department. Gagnoa is also a commune. In the 2014 census, the city had a populat ...

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Biography

Djabla was born in Mahibouo, Côte d'Ivoire. He was ordained a

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on 15 March 1964, and became a

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of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro-en-Côte d'Ivoire on 7 January 1990. He was further installed as the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gagnoa on 24 September 2006. Djabla remained Archbishop of Gagnoa until his death on 15 September 2008 in

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at the age of 72, and was interred in Gagnoa's cathedral. He was succeeded as Archbishop of Gagnoa by Archbishop Joseph Ake Yabo.

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Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Barthélémy Djabla †
1936 births 2008 deaths Ivorian Roman Catholic archbishops People from Gôh-Djiboua District 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ivory Coast Roman Catholic bishops of San-Pédro, Ivory Coast Roman Catholic archbishops of Gagnoa {{Africa-RC-archbishop-stub