Bernard Yago

Bernard Yago (July 1916 – 5 October 1997) was an Ivoirian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Abidjan from 1960 to 1994 and was made cardinal in 1983.

His Eminence Bernard Yago
Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Abidjan
See	Abidjan
Appointed	5 April 1960
Term ended	19 December 1994
Predecessor	Jean-Baptiste Boivin
Successor	Bernard Agré
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono (1983-97)
Orders
Ordination	1 May 1947
Consecration	8 May 1960 by Pope John XXIII
Created cardinal	2 February 1983 by Pope John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name	Bernard Yago
Born	July 1916 Pass, Cote d'Ivoire
Died	5 October 1997 (aged 81) Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Alma mater	Institut Catholique de Paris
Motto	Ut omnes Unum sint

Styles of Bernard Yago
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Abidjan (emeritus)

Biography

Bernard Yago was born in Pass, Yopougon, and studied at the seminary in Abidjan before being ordained to the priesthood on 1 May 1947. He then served as a professor at the Minor Seminary of Bingerville and as director of the Pre-Seminary École de Petit Clerics until 1956, whence he began pastoral work in Abidjan until 1957. Yago furthered his studies at the Catholic Institute of Paris from 1957 to 1959. Upon his return to Côte d'Ivoire, he was Counselor of Catholic Action in Abidjan from until 1960.

On 5 April 1960, Yago was appointed Archbishop of Abidjan by Pope John XXIII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 8 May from Pope John himself, with Bishops Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, CIM and Fulton John Sheen serving as co-consecrators, in St. Peter's Basilica. Yago attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965, and sat on the Council's Central Preparatory Commission.

Pope John Paul II made him Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono in the consistory of 2 February 1983. Yago, who was the first cardinal from Côte d'Ivoire, resigned his post as Archbishop on 19 December 1994, after 34 years. He lost the right to participate in a papal conclave upon reaching the age of eighty in July 1996.

Cardinal Yago died in Abidjan at age 81. He is buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Abidjan.

References

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}
• Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Jean-Baptiste Boivin, SMA	Archbishop of Abidjan 1960–1994	Succeeded by Bernard Agré