The Roman Catholic Diocese of Diébougou ( la, Dioecesis Diebuguensis) is a

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located in the city of

Diébougou Diébougou is a town in Burkina Faso, situated south-east of Bobo-Dioulasso on the main highway to Ghana. It is located 74 kilometres north of Gaoua and 133 km west of Leo, Burkina Faso and is the capital of Bougouriba Province. The town was ...

in the

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Bobo-Dioulasso Bobo-Dioulasso is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 904,920 (); it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The name means "home of the Bobo-Dioula". The local Bobo-speaking population (re ...

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 the ...

History

* 18 October 1968: Established as Diocese of Diébougou from the then-Diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso * 30 November 2011: Territory is taken from the Diocese by

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to establish the newly erected

Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaoua The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaoua ( la, Dioecesis Gauensis) is a diocese located in the city of Gaoua in the Ecclesiastical province of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso. History * November 30, 2011: Established as Diocese of Gaoua from the Dioc ...

, which also becomes suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso (the first Bishop-elect of the new Diocese is the Diocese of Diébougou's current Vicar General, Rev. Kambou Modeste)

Special churches

The

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is the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul in Diébougou.

Bishops

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s of Diébougou (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order ** Bishop Der Raphaël Dabiré Kusiélé (since 3 April 2006) ** Bishop

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(18 October 1968 – 3 April 2006)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Ollo Modeste Kambou, appointed Bishop of Gaoua in 2011 * Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré, appointed Bishop of Dori in 2013

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