The Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso ( la, Archidioecesis Bobodiulassensis) is the
Metropolitan
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See for the
Ecclesiastical province of
Bobo-Dioulasso in
Burkina Faso.
History
* 15 December 1927: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Bobo-Dioulasso from the
Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako,
Mali and the
Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou
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* 9 March 1937: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bobo-Dioulasso
* 14 September 1955: Promoted as Diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso
* 5 December 2000: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso
Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale Notre Dame de Lourdes in Bobo Dioulasso.
Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
* Metropolitan Archbishops of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
** Archbishop
Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo: 13 November 2010–present
** Archbishop
Anselme Titianma Sanou: 5 December 2000 – 13 November 2010; ''see below''
* Bishops of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
** Bishop Anselme Titianma Sanou: 12 December 1974 – 5 December 2000: ''see above''
** Bishop
André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr.: 14 September 1955 – 12 December 1974; ''see below''
* Vicars Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
** Bishop André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr.: 8 July 1941 – 14 September 1955; ''see above''
** Bishop
Louis-Joseph-Ephrem Groshenry, M. Afr.: 17 June 1937 – 15 May 1941
* Prefects Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
** Father
Marcel Paternôt, M. Afr.: 26 October 1934 - 1937
** Father
Césaire-Jean-Hippolyte Esquerre, M. Afr.: 11 January 1928 – 18 June 1934
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
*
Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé
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, appointed Bishop of Diébougou in 1968
*
Lucas Kalfa Sanou
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* Luca Family Singers, also known as "lucas ligner en torsk"
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* ''Luc ...
, appointed Bishop of Banfora in 1998
Suffragan Dioceses
*
Banfora
*
Dédougou
*
Diébougou
*
Gaoua
*
Nouna
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See also
*
List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Burkina Faso {{short description, None
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All and only N ...
Sources
GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in Burkina Faso
Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Burkina Faso
1927 establishments in the French colonial empire
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