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 shareof the people living within its bounds
- 5.0%
- Priests
- 63
- Catholics per priest
- 1,152
- Extent
- 30,750 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.4
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.
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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.