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Metropolitan see Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire

Archdiocese of Bouaké

Buaken(sis)

Latin Church

Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in central Cote d'Ivoire, established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Bouake on 17 May 1951 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Abidjan, promoted to diocese in 1955 and to metropolitan archdiocese on 19 December 1994. Its seat is the Cathedrale Sainte Therese in Bouake and its suffragans are Abengourou, Bondoukou and Yamoussoukro. Archbishop Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa has led the archdiocese since 25 July 2024.

On the map

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Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1951
Catholics
244,000
Priests
65
Territory
20,000 km²

Parishes and churches

45 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa
Born
6 January 1969
Birthplace
Kuindjabo

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The cathedral

Cathedrale Sainte Therese, Bouake stands in Bouaké, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The ecclesiastical province of Bouaké in Côte d'Ivoire has as its Metropolitan See the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bouaké (Latin: Buaken(sis)).