Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ouagadougou

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Uagaduguensis
Cathedral of Ouagadougou
Location
Country	Burkina Faso
Territory	Kadiogo Province
Ecclesiastical province	Ouagadougou
Metropolitan	Ouagadougou
Coordinates	12°21′43″N1°31′37″W / 12.3619°N 1.5270°W / 12.3619; -1.5270
Statistics
Area	9,600 km2 (3,700 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2017 [1] ) 2,921,460 989,125 (33.9%)
Parishes	31
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	9 September 1955
Cathedral	Cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception, Ouagadougou
Secular priests	233
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Archbishop	Prosper Kontiebo
Bishops emeritus	Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo

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

History

• 2 July 1921: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou from the Apostolic Vicariate of French Sudan in Mali
• 14 September 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou

Cathedral

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

Leadership

Apostolic Vicars of Ouagadougou

• Joanny Thévenoud, M.Afr (8 July 1921 – 16 September 1949)
• Emile-Joseph Socquet, M.Afr (16 September 1949 – 14 September 1955)

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 (since 16 October 2023)

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 (28 May 2012 - 16 June 2022). Appointed bishop of Manga.

Another priest of this diocese who became bishop

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

Suffragan Dioceses

• Koudougou
• Manga
• Ouahigouya

References

1. "Archdiocese of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso".

Sources

• GCatholic.org