The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ouahigouya is a

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located in

Ouahigouya Ouahigouya is a town in northern Burkina Faso. It is the capital of the Yatenga Province and one of its subdivisions the Ouahigouya Department. It is also the biggest town in the Nord Region. It is the fourth largest city in the country with a ...

in 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 ...

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

* June 12, 1947: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Ouahigouya from the Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou * June 14, 1954: Suppressed to Apostolic Vicariate of Koudougou * June 23, 1958: Restored as Diocese of Ouahigouya from the Diocese of Koudougou

Special churches

The

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is Cathédrale Notre Dame de la Délivrance in Ouahigouya.

Leadership

Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

s of Ouahigouya (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order ** Bishop Justin Kientega (2010.02.02 -) ** Bishop Philippe Ouédraogo (1996.07.05 - 2009.05.13), appointed Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Cardinal in 2014) ** Bishop Marius Ouédraogo (1984.11.08 – 1995.07.15) ** Bishop Denis Martin Tapsoba, M. Afr. (1966.03.15 – 1984.11.08) ** Bishop Louis-Marie-Joseph Durrieu, M. Afr. (1958.07.04 – 1965.05.31)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Joachim Hermenegilde Ouédraogo, appointed Bishop of Dori in 2004 * Gabriel Sayaogo, appointed Bishop of Manga in 2010

References

External links

GCatholic.org