Denis Martin Tapsoba (6 July 1916 − 13 March 2008) was a Burkinabé

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

bishop. Ordained to the priesthood on 6 May 1944, Tapsoba was named bishop of

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ouahigouya The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ouahigouya is a diocese located in Ouahigouya in the ecclesiastical province of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. History * June 12, 1947: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Ouahigouya from the Apostolic Vicariate of ...

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

on 15 March 1966 and resigned on 8 November 1984.Denis Martin Tapsoba
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1916 births 2008 deaths People from Ouagadougou 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Burkina Faso Roman Catholic bishops of Ouahigouya {{Africa-RC-bishop-stub