Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (R.E.C.O.W.A.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences

Also known as: Conférence Episcopale Régionale de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (C.E.R.A.O.) (français)

Members: Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Liberia
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria
Conférence des Evêques Catholiques de Côte d’Ivoire
Conférence des Evêques de Burkina Faso et du Niger
Conférence des Evêques du Sénégal, de la Mauritanie, du Cap-Vert et de Guinée-Bissau
Conférence Episcopale de la Guinée
Conférence Episcopale du Bénin
Conférence Episcopale du Mali
Conférence Episcopale du Togo
Ghana Bishops’ Conference
Inter-territorial Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Gambia and Sierra Leone (ITCABIC)

Countries: Benin Benin, Burkina Faso Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde Cabo Verde, Cote d’Ivoire Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia Gambia, Ghana Ghana, Guinea Guinea, Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau, Liberia Liberia, Mali Mali, Mauritania Mauritania, Niger Niger, Nigeria Nigeria, Senegal Senegal, Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, Togo Togo

Address: 28 B.P. 470, Abidjan 28, Cote d’Ivoire

Phone: 22.42.46.95; 22.52.63.80

Website:

History

Present Officials

President (2022.05.05 – ...):Bishop Youlo Alexis Touabli (66)Bishop Youlo Alexis Touabli (66)

Bishop of San Pedro (Cote d’Ivoire)

Vice-President (2022.05.05 – ...):Bishop Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum (71)Bishop Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum (71)

Bishop of Koforidua (Ghana)

Second Vice-President (2022.05.05 – ...):Bishop José Lampra Cà (62)Bishop José Lampra Cà (62)

Bishop of Bissau (Guinea-Bissau)

General Secretary (2022.05.05 – ...):Fr. Vitalis Chinedu AnaehobiFr. Vitalis Chinedu Anaehobi

Past Officials

Last updated on 2026.04.11

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