Archdiocese of Gagnoa

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gagnoa () is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Gagnoa in Côte d'Ivoire.

History

• 1956.06.25: Established as Diocese of Gagnoa from the Diocese of Daloa
• 1994.12.19: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gagnoa

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale Sainte-Anne in Gagnoa.

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

• Metropolitan Archbishops of Gagnoa (Roman rite), below
• Archbishop Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi (since 8 April 2025)
• Archbishop (22 November 2008 - 4 October 2023)
• Archbishop Barthélémy Djabla (21 July 2006 - 15 September 2008)
• Archbishop Jean-Pierre Kutwa (15 May 2001 – 2 May 2006) appointed Archbishop of Abidjan (Cardinal in 2014)
• Archbishop (19 December 1994 – 15 May 2001); see below
• Bishops of Gagnoa (Roman rite), below
• Bishop Noël Kokora-Tekry (11 March 1971 – 19 December 1994); see above
• Bishop Jean Marie Etrillard, S.M.A. (4 July 1956 – 11 March 1971)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Alexis Touably Youlo (priest here, 1987–1992), appointed Bishop of Agboville in 2006
• Gaspard Béby Gnéba, appointed Bishop of Man in 2007

Suffragan Dioceses

• Daloa
• Man
• San Pedro-en-Côte d'Ivoire

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Côte d'Ivoire
• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Côte d'Ivoire

Sources

• GCatholic.org