Diocese of Abengourou
Abenguruen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Abengourou, Côte d'Ivoire
Latin-rite diocese in eastern Cote d'Ivoire, erected on 13 September 1963 from the Archdiocese of Abidjan and the Dioceses of Bouake and Katiola. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bouake and its seat is the Cathedrale Sainte Therese de l'enfant Jesus in Abengourou. Bishop Jean-Pierre Tanoh Tiemele has led the diocese since 22 October 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 September 1963
- Latin
- Abenguruen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000585
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 295,000
- Population
- 600,500
- Catholic share
- 49.1%
- Priests
- 95
- Catholics per priest
- 3,105
- Extent
- 18,214 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jean-Pierre Tanoh Tiemele
- Born
- 22 February 1969
- Birthplace
- Treichville
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedrale Sainte Therese de l'Enfant Jesus, Abengourou stands in Abengourou, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Bouake
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bouake.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BouakéBouaké
- Diocese of BondoukouBondoukou
- Diocese of YamoussoukroYamoussoukro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Abengourou (Latin: Abenguruen(sis)) has its seat in the city of Abengourou and belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Bouaké in Côte d'Ivoire.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Evêché, B.P. 92, Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
- Telephone
- e fax 35.91.30.78
- [email protected]
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What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it, are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].