Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gagnoa
The Archdiocese Gagnoa (Latin: Archidioecesis Gagnoaensis ) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese headquartered in Gagnoa in the Ivory Coast. It includes the regions of Sud- Bandama and Fromager.
History
Pope Pius XII. founded with the Bull Sanctissimum ac Gravissimum the diocese on June 25, 1956 of territory of the diocese Daloa and it became the Archdiocese of Abidjan is a suffragan.
On 23 October 1989, lost part of its territory in favor of the establishment of the Diocese of San Pedro -en- Côte d' Ivoire. With the Apostolic Constitution Cum in Litore Eburneo it was collected on 19 December 1994 in the rank of Metropolitanerzbistums.
Ordinaries
Bishops of Gagnoa
- Jean Marie Etrillard SMA (4 July 1956-11. March 1971 )
- Noël Kokora - Tekry (11 March 1971-19. December 1994 )
Archbishops of Gagnoa
- Noël Kokora - Tekry (19 December 1994-15 May 2001. )
- Jean -Pierre Kutwa (15 May 2001-2. May 2006 then Archbishop of Abidjan )
- Barthélémy Djabla (July 21, 2006-15. September 2008)
- Joseph Ake Yapo ( since 22 November 2008)