Archdiocese of Gagnoa
Gagnoaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Gagnoa, Côte d'Ivoire
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in south central Cote d'Ivoire, established as the Diocese of Gagnoa on 25 June 1956 from the Diocese of Daloa and promoted to metropolitan archdiocese on 19 December 1994. Its seat is the Cathedrale Sainte-Anne in Gagnoa and its suffragans are Daloa, Man and San-Pedro. Archbishop Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi has led the archdiocese since 8 April 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 December 1994
- Latin
- Gagnoaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001456
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 400,220
- Priests
- 107
- Catholics per priest
- 3,740
- Extent
- 19,949 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
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
- Archbishop
- Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi
- Born
- 22 March 1962
- Birthplace
- Bongouanou
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-Anne, Gagnoa stands in Gagnoa, 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 Gagnoa
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of DaloaDaloa
- Diocese of ManMan
- Diocese of San Pedro-en-Côte-d'IvoireSan Pedro-en-Côte-d'Ivoire
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
As Metropolitan See, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gagnoa (Latin: Gagnoaën(sis)) heads the ecclesiastical province of Gagnoa in Côte d'Ivoire.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Archevêché, B.P. 527, Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
- Telephone
- e fax [032]772.568
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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].