Although there had already been some attempts to do so since the 17th century
it was only in 1895 that Roman Catholicism was introduced in the Ivory Coast
The territory, until then formally part of the Apostolic Prefecture of the
Gold Coast, now became an Apostolic Prefecture of its own.
In 1911 it became an Apostolic Vicariate, which, in 1940, was renamed Abidjan
Prefects Apostolic
1896 - 1899 Mathieu Ray
1900 - 1909 Alexandre Hamard
1910 - 1911 Jules Joseph Moury 1873 - 1935
Vicars Apostolic
1911 - 1935 Jules Joseph Moury, Titular Bishop
of Ariassus in Pamphylia II s.a.
1935 - 1938 François Person, Titular Bishop
of Paraetonium in Libia II 1890 - 1938
1939 - 1940 Jean-Baptiste Boivin, Titular Bishop
of Onuphis in Aegyptus I 1898 - 1970
Vicar Apostolic of Abidjan
1940 - 1955 Jean-Baptiste Boivin, Titular Bishop
of Onuphis in Aegyptus I s.a.
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KORHOGO*
The Apostolic Prefecture of Korhogo was detached from Côte d'Ivoire in 1911.
Prefects Apostolic
1912 - 1918 Pierre Kernivinen
1921 - 1938 Joseph Diss
1939 Edmond Wolff
1940 - 1947 Louis Wach
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SASSANDRA*
The Apostolic Vicariate of Sassandra was detached from Abidjan in 1940.
Vicar Apostolic
1940 - 1955 Alphonse Kirmann, Titular Bishop
of Assur in Africa Proconsularis 1887 - 1955
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