Catholic Church in Ivory Coast

Catholic Church in Ivory Coast
The Cathédrale Saint-Augustin in Yamoussoukro
TypeNational polity
ClassificationCatholic
OrientationLatin, Maronite
PopeFrancis
Apostolic NuncioMauricio Rueda Beltz[1]
RegionIvory Coast
Membersca. 2,800,000

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]

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.

  1. ^ "Apostolic Nunciature to Cote d'Ivoire". GCatholic. GCatholic.org. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  2. ^ "BIENVENUE SUR LE SITE DE L'INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA STATISTIQUE ( I N S ) DE COTE D'IVOIRE" (PDF). www.ins.ci.
  3. ^ "Catholic Church in Burkina Faso". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 1 May 2024.