The Catholic Church in Ivory Coast is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Catholicism arrived in Ivory Coast through the arrival of French settlers.
The Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian church, and its largest religious grouping. There are an estimated 2.8 million baptised Catholics in Ivory Coast, 17.2% of the population (according to the 2014 Census),[2] in 15 dioceses. There are 2,000 priests and 1,200 men and women in religious orders.[3]
In 1634, the first missionaries, six Capuchin firars from Saint-Malo, landed at Abiany, today called Assinie. Though they were initially welcomed by the locals, the mission failed as four of the priests died due to fever and the remaining two fled to the Portuguese fort in Axim in 1638.[4]
Modernityedit
In 1961, upon invitation from local Catholics participating at the "International Meetings" at the monastery of Toumliline, the Benedictine established the monastery of St. Marie de Bouake.[5] The Capuchins maintain again a presence in the country since December 1976, and the mission was proclaimed a Custody on 1 January 1984.[6]Bernard Yago became the first cardinal of the country on 2 February 1983 when he was consecrated by Pope John Paul II as Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono.[7] He was one of the few priests in the Ivory Coast who openly opposed the construction of the gargantuan basilica, modeled on St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, built by the former president Félix Houphouët-Boigny in his home village of Yamoussoukro because of the enormous waste of hundreds of millions of dollars, and attempted to persuade Pope John Paul II from consecrating it during his visit to the country.[8]
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January 01, 1970
catholic, church, ivory, coast, part, worldwide, catholic, church, under, spiritual, leadership, pope, rome, catholicism, arrived, ivory, coast, through, arrival, french, settlers, cathédrale, saint, augustin, yamoussoukrotypenational, polityclassificationcath. The Catholic Church in Ivory Coast is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome Catholicism arrived in Ivory Coast through the arrival of French settlers Catholic Church in Ivory CoastThe Cathedrale Saint Augustin in YamoussoukroTypeNational polityClassificationCatholicOrientationLatin MaronitePopeFrancisApostolic NuncioMauricio Rueda Beltz 1 RegionIvory CoastMembersca 2 800 000 The Catholic Church is the world s largest Christian church and its largest religious grouping There are an estimated 2 8 million baptised Catholics in Ivory Coast 17 2 of the population according to the 2014 Census 2 in 15 dioceses There are 2 000 priests and 1 200 men and women in religious orders 3 The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro in Yamoussoukro is the largest church in the world larger even than St Peter s Basilica in Rome Contents 1 History 1 1 Origins 1 2 Modernity 2 Organisation 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory editOrigins edit In 1634 the first missionaries six Capuchin firars from Saint Malo landed at Abiany today called Assinie Though they were initially welcomed by the locals the mission failed as four of the priests died due to fever and the remaining two fled to the Portuguese fort in Axim in 1638 4 Modernity edit In 1961 upon invitation from local Catholics participating at the International Meetings at the monastery of Toumliline the Benedictine established the monastery of St Marie de Bouake 5 The Capuchins maintain again a presence in the country since December 1976 and the mission was proclaimed a Custody on 1 January 1984 6 Bernard Yago became the first cardinal of the country on 2 February 1983 when he was consecrated by Pope John Paul II as Cardinal Priest of San Crisogono 7 He was one of the few priests in the Ivory Coast who openly opposed the construction of the gargantuan basilica modeled on St Peter s Basilica in Vatican City built by the former president Felix Houphouet Boigny in his home village of Yamoussoukro because of the enormous waste of hundreds of millions of dollars and attempted to persuade Pope John Paul II from consecrating it during his visit to the country 8 Due to the presence of around 3 000 Lebanese Maronites there is also a Maronite parish in Abidjan that was founded in 1954 by the Lebanese Maronite Order The parish belongs to the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of the Annunciation 9 10 Organisation editWithin Ivory Coast the hierarchy consists of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Abidjan Roman Catholic Diocese of Agboville Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Bassam Roman Catholic Diocese of Yopougon Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bouake Roman Catholic Diocese of Abengourou Roman Catholic Diocese of Bondoukou Roman Catholic Diocese of Yamoussoukro Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gagnoa Roman Catholic Diocese of Daloa Roman Catholic Diocese of Man Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro en Cote d Ivoire Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Korhogo Roman Catholic Diocese of Katiola Roman Catholic Diocese of Odienne Maronite Catholic Eparchy of the AnnunciationSee also editMario Roberto Cassari Monsignor Ambrose Madtha Joseph SpiteriReferences edit Apostolic Nunciature to Cote d Ivoire GCatholic GCatholic org Retrieved 1 May 2024 BIENVENUE SUR LE SITE DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA STATISTIQUE I N S DE COTE D IVOIRE PDF www ins ci Catholic Church in Burkina Faso gcatholic org GCatholic org Retrieved 1 May 2024 Sanneh Lamin 24 March 2015 West African Christianity The Religious Impact Orbis Books ISBN 978 1 60833 149 9 Retrieved 1 May 2024 Bicknell Julia 9 November 2022 Spirit of Toumliline Interfaith Inquiry Lives On 50 Years After Moroccan Monastery Closed Religion Unplugged Institute for Nonprofit News Retrieved 23 January 2024 Pan African meeting of the major superiors of the Friars Minor Capuchin www ofmcap org Curia Generalis Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum 8 December 2016 Retrieved 1 May 2024 III Harris M Lentz 2015 07 11 Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century A Biographical Dictionary McFarland p 202 ISBN 978 1 4766 2155 5 Calderisi Robert 2013 10 08 Earthly Mission The Catholic Church and World Development Yale University Press pp 109 110 ISBN 978 0 300 19676 4 Parishes Maronite Eparchy Africa Maronity Eparchy of Africa Maronite Eparchy Africa Retrieved 1 May 2024 Eparchy of Annunciation of Ibadan Nigeria Maronite Rite GCatholic GCatholic org Retrieved 1 May 2024 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Catholic Church in Ivory Coast amp oldid 1221688979, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
