Cote d’Ivoire: Resignation and Appointment of Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan

Vatican City — On May 20, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Jean-Pierre Kutwa.The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo, until now metropolitan archbishop of Korhogo, as metropolitan archbishop of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.

Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo was born on 17 August 1961 in Niangon-Adjamé, diocese of Yopougon. He was ordained a priest on 2 August…