The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou ( la, Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Uagaduguensis) is the Metropolitan See for the

Ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of seve ...

Ouagadougou Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's ...

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...

History

*1921.07.02: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou from the Apostolic Vicariate of French Sudan in

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...

*1955.09.14: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou

Cathedral

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

Bishops

Ordinaries

;'' Apostolic Vicars of Ouagadougou'' *

Joanny Thévenoud Joanny Thévenoud (March 14, 1878 - September 16, 1949) was a French apostolic vicar of the White Fathers, best remembered for his missionary, ecclesiastical and public development work in Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). Biography Born in Serri ...

, M.Afr (8 July 1921 – 16 September 1949) * Emile-Joseph Socquet, M.Afr (16 September 1949 – 14 September 1955); ''see below'' ;''Archbishops of Ouagadougou'' * Emile-Joseph Socquet, M.Afr (14 September 1955 – 12 January 1960); ''see above'' *

Paul Zoungrana Paul Zoungrana, MAfr (3 September 1917 – 4 June 2000) was a Burkinabé Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Ouagadougou from 1960 to 1995, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. Life and church Paul Zoungran ...

, 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 – ), elevated to Cardinal in 2014

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

* Ambroise Ouédraogo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Niamey, Niger in 1999

Suffragan Dioceses

Koudougou Koudougou is a city in Burkina Faso's Boulkiemdé Province. It is located west of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. With a population of 160,239 (2019) it is the third most populous city in Burkina Faso after Ouagadougou and Bobo Dio ...

* Manga *

Ouahigouya Ouahigouya is a town in northern Burkina Faso. It is the capital of the Yatenga Province and one of its subdivisions the Ouahigouya Department. It is also the biggest town in the Nord Region. It is the fourth largest city in the country with a ...

References

Sources

GCatholic.org

Ouagadougou

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