Bishop Gbaya Boniface Ziri

Bishop Emeritus of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Dec 1949		Born
6 Jun 1976	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
1994	44.0	Incardinated	Priest of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
1 Jul 2009	59.5	Appointed	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
22 Aug 2009	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
22 Oct 2025	75.8	Retired	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
22 Oct 2025	75.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Jan 2026	76.0	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire

MicroData Summary
Gbaya Boniface Ziri
Bishop Gbaya Boniface Ziri
(born 31 Dec 1949)
Bishop Emeritus of Abengourou

Ad Limina - September 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Gagnoa, Vicariate Apostolic of Sassandra
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame de la Paix, Basilica, Yamoussoukro, Diocese of Yamoussoukro

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Abengourou.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bernard Cardinal Agré †
Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pierre-Marie Coty †
Bishop Emeritus of Daloa
Archbishop Joseph Yapo Aké
Archbishop of Gagnoa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bernard Cardinal Agré † (1968)
Archbishop Emeritus 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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Honoré Beugré Dakpa (2023)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Gagnoa, Vicariate Apostolic of Sassandra
Ordained Bishop	Notre-Dame de la Paix, Basilica, Yamoussoukro, Diocese of Yamoussoukro

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1496748

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 1 Jul 2009
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 199, Number 16,260
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 218, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 22 Oct 2025
aadm: Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 118, Page 84

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