Bernard Cardinal Agré †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Mar 1926		Born
20 Jul 1953	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
8 Jun 1968	42.2	Appointed	Bishop of Man, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Oct 1968	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Man, Côte d’Ivoire
8 Oct 1968	42.5	Installed	Bishop of Man, Côte d’Ivoire
6 Mar 1992	66.0	Appointed	Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire
17 May 1992	66.2	Installed	Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire
19 Dec 1994	68.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
26 Feb 1995	68.9	Installed	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
21 Feb 2001	74.9	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Feb 2001	74.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto
27 May 2001	75.2	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto
2 May 2006	80.1	Retired	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
9 Jun 2014	88.2	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

MicroData Summary for Bernard Agré
(VIAF: 66022285; WikiData: Q546934)
Bernard Cardinal Agré (born 2 Mar 1926, died 9 Jun 2014) Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan

Consistory - 2001: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Ad Limina - March 2006: Bishop
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Monga
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame, Church, Abidjan, Archdiocese of Abidjan

a priest for 60.8 years
a bishop for 45.6 years
a cardinal for 13.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Onuphis
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bernard Yago †
Archbishop of Abidjan
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Bernardin Gantin †
Archbishop of Cotonou
Bishop Guy-Marie-Joseph Riobé †
Bishop of Orléans

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bernard Yago † (1960)
Archbishop of Abidjan
Pope John XXIII (1925)
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Philippe Kourouma † (1979)
Archbishop Joseph Yapo Aké (2001)
Jean-Pierre Cardinal Kutwa (2001)
Bishop Gbaya Boniface Ziri (2009)
Bishop Marcellin Yao Kouadio (2009)
Bishop Antoine Koné † (2009)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Laurent Yapi † (1970)
Bishop Joseph Akichi † (1982)
Bishop Laurent Akran Mandjo † (1982)
Archbishop Barthélémy Djabla † (1990)
Bishop Joseph Niangoran Teky (1993)
Bishop Félix Kouadjo † (1996)
Bishop Jean-Pierre Bassène (2000)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Monga
Ordained Bishop	Notre-Dame, Church, Abidjan, Archdiocese of Abidjan

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 2 May 2006
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
d: CB, 9 Jun 2014
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 218, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 221, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 439

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