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

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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 n ...

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History

*1921.07.02: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou from the

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*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 *

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(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

(1973-1979), appointed Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (later returned here as Archbishop) *

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(1981-1996), appointed Bishop of Kaya *

Médard Léopold Ouédraogo Saint Medardus or St Medard (French (language), French: ''Médard'' or ''Méard'') (ca. 456–545) was the Ancient Diocese of Noyon, Bishop of Noyon. He moved the seat of the diocese from Vermand to Noviomagus Veromanduorum (modern Noyon) in no ...

(2012-)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Ambroise Ouédraogo Ambroise Ouédraogo (born 15 December 1948) is the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Maradi in Niger. He was appointed in 2001 as the first bishop of this new diocese, one of two dioceses in Niger. He has organised a structure of administration ...

, 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 Diou ...

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References

Sources

GCatholic.org

Ouagadougou

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