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Diocese of Daloa

Daloaën(sis)

Latin-rite diocese in west central Cote d'Ivoire, established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Sassandra on 9 April 1940 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Costa d'Avorio and promoted as the Diocese of Daloa on 14 September 1955. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gagnoa and its seat is the Cathedrale du Christ-Roi in Daloa. Bishop Marcellin Yao Kouadio has led the diocese since 25 April 2018.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
14 September 1955
Latin
Daloaën(sis)
Annuario code
001001266

The see in figures

Catholics
38,000
Population
1,790,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
2.1%
Priests
103
Catholics per priest
369
Extent
22,637 km²
Catholics per km²
1.7

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
Marcellin Yao Kouadio
Born
10 January 1960
Birthplace
Vavoua

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 du Christ-Roi, Daloa stands in Daloa, 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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

In the ecclesiastical province of Gagnoa in Côte d'Ivoire, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Daloa (Latin: Dalaoaën(sis)) has its seat in the city of Daloa.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.