Abidjan, 03 October, 2023 / 9:00 pm (ACI Africa).
The late Archbishop Marie-Daniel Dadiet, the second Local Ordinary of Korhogo Archdiocese in Ivory Coast, who died on Monday, October 2 aged 71 has been eulogized as “a valiant ecclesiastical scholar”, who served the people of God with devotion.
The Ivorian-born Catholic Archbishop who had been at the helm of Korhogo Archdiocese from his installation in July 2004 till his resignation in October 2017 due to poor health at the age of 65 passed on in Paris, France, following an illness, members of the Episcopal Conference of Ivory Coast (CECCI) have said in a statement.
In the statement issued Monday, October 2, CECCI members also “express their deepest sympathy to the biological family of the deceased, and invite the Christian community to unite in prayer and recollection, so that he may enter into the light and peace of God whom he served with devotion.”
They say that the funeral program of the late Archbishop, who started his Episcopal Ministry as Auxiliary Bishop of Korhogo Archdiocese in October 1998 “will be announced at a later date.” He had been in France for medical treatment for several months.
Born in Divo in 1952, Archbishop Dadiet was ordained a Priest in July 1979. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Korhogo in May 1998. He was later transferred to Katiola Diocese in October 2002, where he served until May 2004 when he was appointed Archbishop of Korhogo.
