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Bishop Joseph Kakou Aka

Bishop of Yamoussoukro

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Born
Aug 17, 1967 Assinie-Mafia, Adiaké Department, Côte d'Ivoire
Nationality
Côte d'Ivoire
Ordained priest
Jul 23, 1994 Côte d'Ivoire
Ordained bishop
Feb 18, 2023 Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire
Appointed
Feb 19, 2023
Principal consecrator
Fridolin Ambongo Besungu O.F.M.Cap.
Co-consecrators
Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro Raymond Ahoua

Msgr. Joseph Kakou Aka was born on 17 August 1967 in Assinie, in the diocese of Grand-Bassam. After attending the minor seminary of Yopougon and the Saint Peter Regional Major Seminary of Pedu in Cape Coast, Ghana, he was awarded a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the State University of Accra. He was ordained a priest on 23 July 1994 for the diocese of Grand-Bassam. Following ordination, he first served as deputy parish priest and then parish priest of Saint Antoine de Padou in Moosou (1994-1999). He then studied for a licentiate in biblical theology at the Catholic University of West Africa (1999-2001). He then held the role of interim secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Côte d’Ivoire (2001-2002). He was awarded a licentiate in biblical exegesis from the Pontifical Biblical Institute of Rome (2002-2006), and went on to serve as director of the Biblical Apostolate (2007-2012), adjunct secretary of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa – CERAO/RECOWA (2012-2018) and, from 2018, secretary general.