Diocese of Daloa
Daloaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Daloa, Côte d'Ivoire
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:
- Archdiocese of GagnoaGagnoa
- 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
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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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.