St. Ann Cathedral, Gagnoa

The St. Ann Cathedral[1] (French: Cathédrale Sainte-Anne de Gagnoa)[2][3] is located in the town of Gagnoa, in the African country of Ivory Coast, and is one of that country's most important religious buildings.[4] It was formerly an old parish church, but became a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church on February 3, 1957. Monsignor Barthélémy Djabla was buried here in 2008.

St. Ann Cathedral
Cathédrale Sainte-Anne de Gagnoa
LocationGagnoa
Country Ivory Coast
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

It serves as the center of the Archdiocese of Gagnoa (Archidiocèse de Gagnoa; Archidioecesis Gagnoaënsis) one of the four existing in Ivory Coast, and the center of the ecclesiastical province of Gagnoa.

See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Ivory Coast

References
  1. Cathedral of St. Ann in Gagnoa
  2. Lébry, Léon Francis; Francis, Lébry Léon; Yago, Bernard (1997-01-01). Bernard Cardinal Yago: passioné de Dieu et de l'homme (in French). NEI. ISBN 9782911725142.
  3. Any-Gbayere, Sahou (2007-01-01). Tea l'abbé, ou, La force de la foi (in French). L'Harmattan. ISBN 9782296030947.
  4. Lanoue, Éric (2006-01-01). L'école catholique en Côte d'Ivoire, 1945-2005: politique, religion et fait scolaire en Afrique (in French). Maison des sciences de l'homme d'Aquitaine. ISBN 9782858923328.

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