Diocese of San Pedro-en-Côte-d'Ivoire
Sancti Petri in Litore Eburneo
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Pedro-en-Côte-d'Ivoire, Côte d'Ivoire
Latin-rite diocese in southwestern coastal Cote d'Ivoire, erected on 23 October 1989 from the Diocese of Gagnoa. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gagnoa and its seat is the Cathedrale St. Pierre in San-Pedro. Bishop Alexis Youlo Touabli has led the diocese since 22 October 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 October 1989
- Latin
- Sancti Petri in Litore Eburneo
- Annuario code
- 001002936
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 60,000
- Population
- 1,100,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 5.5%
- Priests
- 73
- Catholics per priest
- 822
- Extent
- 30,375 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.0
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
- Alexis Youlo Touabli
- Born
- 1 January 1961
- Birthplace
- Bereblo Tabou
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 St. Pierre, San-Pedro stands in San Pedro-en-Côte-d'Ivoire, 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 ManMan
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of San-Pédro in Ivory Coast is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of San-Pédro (Latin: Sancti Petri in Litore Eburneo), which lies within the ecclesiastical province of Gagnoa.
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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.