Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gagnoa, Cote d’Ivoire 🇨🇮

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Gagnoa / Gagnoaën(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Daloa, Man, San Pedro

Neighbouring Dioceses: San Pedro (↙), Daloa (↖), Man (↑), Yamoussoukro (↗), Agboville (→), Yopougon (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1956.06.25: Established as Diocese of Gagnoa / Gagnoaën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Daloa and became suffragan of Abidjan)
1989.10.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of San Pedro
1994.12.19: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gagnoa / Gagnoaën(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Daloa, Man and San Pedro)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2025.04.08 – ...):

Archbishop Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi (64)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Gagnoa (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi (64)
(2025.04.08 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire)

Amen

Born:	1962.03.22 (Bongouanou, Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1990.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.12.21

Priest of Abengourou (Cote d’Ivoire) (1990.08.04 – 2003.11.21)

Bishop of Abengourou (Cote d’Ivoire) (2003.11.21 – 2009.01.03)

Bishop of San Pedro (Cote d’Ivoire) (2009.01.03 – 2025.04.08)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Côte d’Ivoire (2017.05.21 – 2023.06.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire) (2023.10.04 – 2025.04.08)

Apostolic Administrator of San Pedro (Cote d’Ivoire) (2025.04.08 – 2025.10.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire) (2025.04.08 – ...)

Bishop Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi (64) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.10.04 – 2025.04.08)

Archbishop Joseph Aké Yapo (74)
(2008.11.22 – 2023.10.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire)

Born:	1951.04.11 (Memni, Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1978.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.09.02

Priest of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (1978.07.09 – 2001.05.15)

Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus (2001.05.15 – 2006.07.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (2001.05.15 – 2006.07.21)

Bishop of Yamoussoukro (Cote d’Ivoire) (2006.07.21 – 2008.11.22)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Côte d’Ivoire (2008.06 – 2011.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire) (2008.11.22 – 2023.10.04)

Archbishop Barthélémy Djabla
(2006.07.21 – 2008.09.15)

Born:	1936 (Mahibouo, Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1964.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.01.07
Died:	2008.09.15 (Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire † 71)

Bishop of San Pedro (Cote d’Ivoire) (1989.10.23 – 2006.07.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire) (2006.07.21 – 2008.09.15)

Archbishop Jean-Pierre Kutwa (80) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 2006.05.02 – 2006.07.21)

Archbishop Jean-Pierre Kutwa (80) (later Cardinal)
(2001.05.15 – 2006.05.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza
Apostolic Administrator of Man (Cote d’Ivoire)
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:	1945.12.22 (Blockhauss, Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1971.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.09.16
Created Cardinal:	2014.02.22

Priest of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (1971.07.11 – 2001.05.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire) (2001.05.15 – 2006.05.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire) (2006.05.02 – 2006.07.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (2006.05.02 – 2024.05.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza (2014.02.22 [2017.02.26] – ...)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Man (Cote d’Ivoire) (2024.12.27 – 2026.02.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Man (Cote d’Ivoire) (2026.02.19 – ...)

Archbishop Noël Kokora-Tekry
(1994.12.19 – 2001.05.15)

Born:	1922.03.08 (Fresco, Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:	1949.01.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.05.30
Died:	2001.08.09 (Lourdes, France † 79)

Bishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire) (1971.03.11 – 1994.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire) (1994.12.19 – 2001.05.15)

Bishops of Gagnoa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Noël Kokora-Tekry (later Archbishop)
(1971.03.11 – 1994.12.19)

(see above)

Bishop Jean Marie Etrillard, S.M.A.
(1956.07.04 – 1971.03.11)

Born:	1900.08.06 (Temple, France)
Ordained Priest:	1925.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.05.31
Died:	1976.05.16 (Saint-Jacut-les-Pins, France † 75)

Bishop of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire) (1956.02.29 – 1956.07.04)

Bishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire) (1956.07.04 – 1971.03.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Sainte-Anne, Gagnoa, Gôh-Djiboua

San Pedro (↙), Daloa (↖), Man (↑), Yamoussoukro (↗), Agboville (→), Yopougon (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 19,949 km²

Population: 515,800 Catholics (19.9% of 2,589,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 43 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 111 priests (107 diocesan, 4 religious), 101 religious (32 brothers, 69 sisters), 11 seminarians