Laurent Akran Mandjo Explained

Honorific Prefix:Monsignor
Laurent Akran Mandjo
Bishop emeritus of Yopougon
Appointed:-->
Term Start:8 June 1982
Term End:28 November 2015
Retired:-->
Predecessor:position established
Ordination:11 July 1971
Consecration:18 September 1982
Consecrated By:Bernard Yago
Birth Date:5 November 1940
Birth Place:Songon, French West Africa
Death Place:Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Nationality:Ivorian
Motto:Non ministrari sed ministrare
Coat Of Arms:Template-Bishop.svg

Laurent Akran Mandjo (5 November 1940 – 25 August 2020) was an Ivorian Roman Catholic bishop. He served as Bishop of Yopougon from 1982 to 2015.

Biography

Mandjo was ordained a priest on 11 July 1971 by Monsignor Bernard Yago in the Diocese of Abidjan.[1] He served as a vicar in Memni, then in Plateau. From 1978 to 1982, he studied Canon law at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, where he obtained a doctoral degree. He defended a thesis titled L'éducation chrétienne des jeunes en Côte d'Ivoire à la lumière du magistère récent de l'Église.

The Diocese of Yopougon was created in 1982 and Mandjo was selected to be its first bishop by Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated on 18 September 1982 by Yago, assisted by Justo Mullor García and Bernard Agré. He became President of the Conférence des évêques catholiques de Côte d'Ivoire, serving from 2002 to 2008.[2] He retired as Bishop of Yopougon in 2015.

Laurent Akran Mandjo died on 25 August 2020 in Abidjan at the age of 79.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Direction Diocésaine des Œuvres (Service de publications de l'Evêché) de Yopougon. 2014. Annuaire 2014. fr. Yopougon. Edition Les Souffles. 978-2-36552-005-8.
  2. Web site: Mgr Laurent AKRAN MANDJO. 29 April 2013. Conférence des Evêques Catholique de Côte d'Ivoire. fr. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221522if_/http://www.eglisecatholique-ci.org/index.php?page=det_article&id=223#.Vti3i-j7RPZ. 3 March 2016.
  3. Web site: 26 August 2020. Eglise catholique de Côte d’Ivoire: Décès de Mgr Laurent Akran MANDJO. Yeclo. France 4. fr.