Diocese of Bondoukou
Bondukuen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bondoukou, Côte d'Ivoire
Latin-rite diocese in northeastern Cote d'Ivoire, erected on 3 July 1987. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bouake and its seat is the Cathedrale Sainte Odile in Bondoukou. Bishop Bruno Essoh Yedoh has led the diocese since his appointment on 28 June 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 July 1987
- Latin
- Bondukuen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000928
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 97,800
- Population
- 680,000
- Catholic share
- 14.4%
- Priests
- 85
- Catholics per priest
- 1,151
- Extent
- 40,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.4
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
- Bruno Essoh Yedoh
- Born
- 17 February 1963
- Birthplace
- Orbaff
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 Odile, Bondoukou stands in Bondoukou, 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 AbengourouAbengourou
- Diocese of YamoussoukroYamoussoukro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established on July 3, 1987, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bondoukou (Latin: Bondukuen(sis)) is seated in the city of Bondoukou within the ecclesiastical province of Bouaké in Côte d'Ivoire. Its cathedral is the Cathédrale Saints Odile in Bondoukou. Two bishops of the Roman rite led the see first: Alexandre Kouassi (August 28, 1987 to December 12, 1994) and Félix Kouadjo (April 22, 1996-May 6, 2012). The current bishop received his appointment on June 28, 2019.
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 chancery's address, telephone and email, 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
The see's own website · Wikipedia
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].