Jean-Pierre Cardinal Kutwa

Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Dec 1945		Born
20 Dec 1970	24.9	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
11 Jul 1971	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
15 May 2001	55.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
16 Sep 2001	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
2 May 2006	60.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
18 Jun 2006	60.4	Installed	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
22 Feb 2014	68.1	Elevated to Cardinal
22 Feb 2014	68.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza
26 Feb 2017	71.1	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza
20 May 2024	78.4	Retired	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

MicroData Summary for Jean-Pierre Kutwa
(VIAF: 11148570405824310294; WikiData: Q602246)
Jean-Pierre Cardinal Kutwa (born 22 Dec 1945) Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan

Event Place
Birth Place Blockhauss, Vicariate Apostolic of Abidjan
Ordained Bishop Biaka Boda, Stadium, Gagnoa, Archdiocese of Gagnoa

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Abidjan.

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Ordained Deacon by:
Archbishop Bernard Yago †
Archbishop of Abidjan
Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Bernard Yago †
Archbishop of Abidjan
Principal Consecrator:
Bernard Cardinal Agré †
Archbishop of Abidjan
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Laurent Akran Mandjo †
Bishop of Yopougon
Bishop Barthélémy Djabla †
Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bernard Cardinal Agré † (1968)
Archbishop of Abidjan
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 Bruno Essoh Yedoh (2019)
Bishop Honoré Beugré Dakpa (2023)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gaspard Béby Gnéba (2008)
Archbishop Jean-Sylvain Emien Mambé (2022)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Blockhauss, Vicariate Apostolic of Abidjan
Ordained Bishop	Biaka Boda, Stadium, Gagnoa, Archdiocese of Gagnoa

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 2 May 2006
i: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 164, Number 14,048
c: Bollettino, 12 Jan 2014
cp: Bollettino, 22 Feb 2014
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 218, Deceased Cardinals (back)
i: Bollettino, 20 Feb 2017
r: Bollettino, 20 May 2024

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