Diocese of Agboville, Cote d’Ivoire 🇨🇮

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Agboville / Agbovillen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Abidjan

Neighbouring Dioceses: Gagnoa (←), Yamoussoukro (↖), Abengourou (↗), Abidjan (↘), Yopougon (↓)

2006.10.14: Established as Diocese of Agboville / Agbovillen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Yopougon and became suffragan of Abidjan)

Bishop (2026.02.27 – ...):

Bishop Assandé Darius Ekou (57)

Bishops of Agboville (Roman Rite)

Bishop Assandé Darius Ekou (57)
(2026.02.27 – ...)

Bishop of Agboville (Cote d’Ivoire)

Priest of Abengourou (Cote d’Ivoire) (1996.09.07 – 2026.02.27)

Bishop of Agboville (Cote d’Ivoire) (2026.02.27 – ...)

Bishop Youlo Alexis Touabli (66)
(Apostolic Administrator 2025.10.22 – 2026.02.27)

Bishop Youlo Alexis Touabli (66)
(2006.10.14 – 2025.10.22)

Priest of San Pedro (Cote d’Ivoire) (1987.08.08 – 2006.10.14)

Bishop of Agboville (Cote d’Ivoire) (2006.10.14 – 2025.10.22)

Second Vice-President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (2016.02 – 2022.05.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Yamoussoukro (Cote d’Ivoire) (2018.06.19 – 2022.12.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Agboville (Cote d’Ivoire) (2025.10.22 – 2026.02.27)

Bishop of San Pedro (Cote d’Ivoire) (2025.10.22 – ...)

Area: 11,811 km²

Population: 797,580 Catholics (66.5% of 1,199,460 total)

Pastoral Centres: 51 parishes

Personnel: 117 priests (98 diocesan, 19 religious), 1 deacon, 80 religious (22 brothers, 58 sisters), 27 seminarians