{{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...

is composed only of a Latin hierarchy, comprising three

ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of seve ...

s, led by Metropolitan Archbishops, which have a total of twelve suffragan dioceses. All and only

Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesMetropolitan Archdiocese of Niamey and a single suffrage diocese: the Roman Catholic Diocese of Maradi, seated in the southern city of Maradi. Neither has a national

episcopal conference An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities. The first assembly of bishops to ...

, but the two former French Sahel colonies form a joint transnational ''Episcopal Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger''. There are no Eastern Catholic, pre-diocesan or other exempt jurisdictions. There are no titular sees. All defunct jurisdictions have current successor sees. There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Burkina Faso as papal diplomatic representation (embassy level), into which the Apostolic Nunciature to Niger is also vested.

Current Latin Dioceses

In Burkina Faso

Ecclesiastical Province of Bobo-Dioulasso

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Banfora ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Dédougou ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Diébougou ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Nouna ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaoua

Ecclesiastical Province of Koupéla

* Metropolitan

Archdiocese of Koupéla In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

** Roman Catholic Diocese of Dori ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Fada N’Gourma **

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaya The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaya ( la, Dioecesis Kayana) is a diocese located in the city of Kaya in the Ecclesiastical province of Koupéla in Burkina Faso. History * June 26, 1969: Established as Diocese of Kaya from the Diocese of Koupéla ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Tenkodogo The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tenkodogo ( la, Dioecesis Tenkodogoënsis) is a diocese located in the city of Tenkodogo in the Ecclesiastical province of Koupéla in Burkina Faso. History * February 11, 2012: Established as Diocese of Tenkodogo ...

Ecclesiastical Province of Ouagadougou

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou **

Roman Catholic Diocese of Koudougou The Roman Catholic Diocese of Koudougou ( la, Dioecesis Kuduguensis) is a diocese located in the city of Koudougou in the Ecclesiastical province of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. History * June 14, 1954: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Koudou ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Manga The Roman Catholic Diocese of Manga ( la, Dioecesis Mangana) is a diocese located in the city of Manga in the Ecclesiastical province of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Manga has an area of , a total population of 574,62 ...

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 ...

In Niger

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Niamey ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Maradi.

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org Burkina Faso - data for all sections

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