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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 population ...

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History

* 1956.06.25: Established as Diocese of Gagnoa from the Diocese of Daloa * 1994.12.19: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gagnoa

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale Sainte-Anne in Gagnoa.

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

* Metropolitan Archbishops of Gagnoa (Roman rite), below ** Archbishop Joseph Yapo Aké (since 2008.11.22) ** Archbishop Barthélémy Djabla (2006.07.21 - 2008.09.15) ** Archbishop

Jean-Pierre Kutwa Jean-Pierre Kutwa (born 22 December 1945) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Abidjan, Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast since May 2006. On 12 January 2014, Pope Franc ...

(2001.05.15 – 2006.05.02) appointed Archbishop of Abidjan (Cardinal in 2014) ** Archbishop Noël Kokora-Tekry (1994.12.19 – 2001.05.15); ''see below'' * Bishops of Gagnoa (Roman rite), below ** Bishop Noël Kokora-Tekry (1971.03.11 – 1994.12.19); ''see above'' ** Bishop Jean Marie Etrillard, S.M.A. (1956.07.04 – 1971.03.11)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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(priest here, 1987–1992), appointed Bishop of Agboville in 2006 *

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, appointed Bishop of Man in 2007

Suffragan Dioceses

Daloa Daloa is a city in western Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both the Sassandra-Marahoué District and the Haut-Sassandra Region. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefecture of Daloa Department. Daloa is also a Commune ...

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* San Pedro-en-Côte d'Ivoire

Sources

GCatholic.org
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