Dieudonné Yougbaré (February 16, 1917 – November 4, 2011) was a Burkinabé-born bishop of the

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. At the time of his death he was one of the oldest Catholic bishops and the oldest one from Burkina Faso. Yougbaré was born in Koupéla, Burkina Faso, and was ordained priest on April 8, 1945. He was appointed the bishop of the Archdiocese of Koupéla (which was then a diocese) on February 29, 1956, where he remained until his retirement on June 1, 1995.

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1917 births 2011 deaths People from Centre-Est Region Participants in the Second Vatican Council 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Burkina Faso Roman Catholic bishops of Koupéla {{Africa-RC-bishop-stub