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Suffragan diocese Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire

Diocese of Grand-Bassam

Bassam Maioris

Latin-rite diocese in southeastern coastal Cote d'Ivoire, erected on 8 June 1982 from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Abidjan. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Abidjan and its seat is the Cathedrale Sacre Coeur in Grand-Bassam. Bishop Raymond Ahoua, F.D.P., leads the diocese.

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The address the register holds for Cathedrale Sacre Coeur, Grand-Bassam, in Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire.

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Established
1982
Catholics
230,841
Priests
115
Territory
8,354 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Raymond Ahoua, F.D.P.

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The cathedral

Cathedrale Sacre Coeur, Grand-Bassam stands in Grand-Bassam, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The city of Grand-Bassam gives its seat to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand-Bassam (Latin: Bassam Maioris), part of the ecclesiastical province of Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire.

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