Diocese of Yamoussoukro

Diocese of Yamoussoukro

*Dioecesis Yamussukroensis*
Diocese of Yamoussoukro; Dioecesis Yamussukroensis
Location
Country	Côte d'Ivoire
Metropolitan	Bouaké
Statistics
Area	19,890 km2 (7,680 sq mi)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2006); 958,782; 125,651 (13.1%);
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Joseph Kakou Aka

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yamoussoukro (Latin: Yamussukroën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Yamoussoukro in the ecclesiastical province of Bouaké in Côte d'Ivoire.

History

March 6, 1992: Established as Diocese of Yamoussoukro from the Diocese of Bouaké

The Cathedral is the Cathédrale Saint-Augustin in Yamoussoukro. The Minor Basilica Basilique Notre-Dame de la Paix in Yamoussoukro is the largest church in the world according to the Guinness World Records having surpassed St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican

Bishops of Yamoussoukro (Roman rite)
- Bishop Bernard Agré (1992.03.06 – 1994.12.19), appointed Archbishop of Abidjan (Cardinal in 2001)
- Bishop Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M. (1995.12.06 – 2006.01.12), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Bouaké
- Bishop Joseph Aké (2006.07.21 - 2008.11.22), appointed Archbishop of Gagnoa
- Bishop Marcellin Yao Kouadio (2009.07.01 - 2018.04.25), appointed Bishop of Daloa

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