Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta
On Thursday, January 14, 2021, a visit took place with H.E. Richard Bell, Ambassador of the United States in Abidjan.
Ambassador Arnaud de Viviès met with H.E. Jobst Von Kirchmann, Delegate of the European Union in Abidjan, on Tuesday, January 12, 2021.
A meeting was held on January 11 with Archbishop Paolo BORGIA, Apostolic Nuncio and chaplain of the Order, who presented his credentials on January 3, 2020, succeeding Bishop Joseph SPITERI.
A working session was held on Thursday, December 5, 2019, in the presence of Mr. Caspar Peek, UNFPA Representative in Côte d'Ivoire.
On September 19, 2019 was inaugurated the chapel located inside the hospital St Jean-Baptiste, and built also by the Compagnie Fruitière.
On September 19, 2019, a framework agreement was signed between the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and the Sovereign Order of Malta.
A partnership agreement was signed in the presence of the Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Côte d'Ivoire between Mr. Laurent Souquière, Consul General of France in Abidjan and Mr. Gilbert Hann, the Director of the Order of Malta's Saint Jean-Baptiste hospital in Bodo.
A courtesy visit was paid to Archbishop Kutwa of Abidjan at his residence in Cocody by the new ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Côte d'Ivoire.
On April 15, 2015, the Saint Jean-Baptiste Hospital was inaugurated in Bodo in the presence of Prince Dominique de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel, Grand Hospitaller of the Sovereign Order of Malta.