Diocese of Man
Manen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Man, Côte d'Ivoire
Latin-rite diocese in western Cote d'Ivoire, erected on 8 June 1968 from the Diocese of Daloa. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gagnoa and its seat is the Cathedrale Saint-Michel in Man. The see is vacant per Wikipedia, its previous bishop Gaspard Beby Gneba having been transferred as auxiliary of Abidjan.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 June 1968
- Latin
- Manen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002129
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 72,567
- Population
- 1,445,243
- Catholic share
- 5.0%
- Priests
- 63
- Catholics per priest
- 1,152
- Extent
- 30,750 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
- Apostolic Administrator of Man
- Jean-Pierre Kutwa
- Born
- 22 December 1945
- Birthplace
- Blockhauss
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 Saint-Michel, Man stands in Man, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Gagnoa.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of GagnoaGagnoa
- Diocese of DaloaDaloa
- 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
Seated in the city of Man, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Man (Latin: Manen(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Gagnoa in Côte d'Ivoire.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Evêché, B.P. 447, Man, Côte d’Ivoire
- Telephone
- 27.33.79.06.39; fax 27.33.79.04.89
- [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].