AFRICA/COTE I’IVOIRE – Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Abidjan

Vatican City – The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Aguia Jean Martial Arnaud Kouamé, until now parish priest of Saint Ambroise Ma vigne, Ma Vie, as auxiliary bishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, assigning him the titular see of Sutunurca.
Msgr. Aguia Jean Martial Arnaud Kouamé was born on 26 March 1977 in Abidjan. He obtained a licentiate in philosophy and a bachelor’s degree in theology from the Saint Paul VI University Seminary.
He was ordained a priest on 15 January 2005 for the metropolitan archdiocese of Abidjan.
After ordination, he first held the office of parish vicar of Saint Paul’s Cathedral in Abidjan and of Saint François d’Assise de la Zinsel in Strasbourg . He obtained a licentiate in canon law and a master’s degree in philosophy and in history and philosophy of science at the University of Strasbourg, and went on to serve as parish vicar of Bonne Nouvelle in Hem and Saint Fiacre in Dunkerque . He was awarded a licentiate in moral theology at the University of Lille and a doctorate in Ethique, Option Ethique et Religion at the University of Strasbourg , and held the offices of parish vicar of Notre Dame du Chêne du Pays de Fleckenstein in Strasbourg , parish priest of Saint François Xavier d’Abobo, Abidjan , and parish priest of Saint Ambroise Ma vigne Ma Vie, Abidjan .

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