 He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on 15 March 1964, and became a Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro-en-Côte d'Ivoire on 7 January 1990.He was further installed as the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gagnoa on 24 September 2006.Djabla remained Archbishop of Gagnoa until his death on 15 September 2008 in Abidjan at the age of 72, and was interred in Gagnoa's cathedral.