Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Ouagadougou

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ouagadougou

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ouagadougou

Roman Catholic archdiocese in Burkina Faso

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Uagaduguensis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.

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History

Cathedral

The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception in Ouagadougou.

Leadership

Apostolic Vicars of Ouagadougou
Archbishops of Ouagadougou
  • Emile-Joseph Socquet, M.Afr (14 September 1955 – 12 January 1960)
  • Paul Zoungrana, M.Afr (5 April 1960 – 10 June 1995), elevated to cardinal in 1965
  • Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré (10 June 1995 – 13 May 2009)
  • Philippe Ouédraogo (13 May 2009 – 16 October 2023), elevated to cardinal in 2014
  • Prosper Kontiebo
Coadjutor vicars apostolic
  • Louis-Marie-Joseph Durrieu, M. Afr. (1946-1947), did not succeed to see; appointed Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
  • Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. (1948-1949)
Auxiliary bishops
  • Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré (1973-1979), appointed Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (later returned here as Archbishop)
  • Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo) (1981-1996), appointed Bishop of Kaya
  • Médard Léopold Ouédraogo (2012-)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Suffragan Dioceses

References

  1. [1]
    "Archdiocese of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso".

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