Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso
The Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso (Latin: Archidioecesis Bobodiulassensis) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso.
History
- December 15, 1927: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Bobo-Dioulasso from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako, Mali and the Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou
- March 9, 1937: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bobo-Dioulasso
- September 14, 1955: Promoted as Diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso
- December 5, 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:2010.11.13-...
- Archbishop Anselme Titianma Sanou:2000.12.05-2010.11.13; see below
- Bishops of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
- Bishop Anselme Titianma Sanou:1974.12.12-2000.12.05: see above
- Bishop André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr.:1955.09.14–1974.12.12; see below
- Vicars Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
- Bishop André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr.:1941.07.08-1955.09.14; see above
- Bishop Louis-Joseph-Ephrem Groshenry, M. Afr.:1937.06.17-1941.05.15
- Prefects Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
- Father Marcel Paternôt, M. Afr.:1934.10.26-1937
- Father Césaire-Jean-Hippolyte Esquerre, M. Afr.:1928.01.11-1934.06.18
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé, appointed Bishop of Diébougou in 1968
- Lucas Kalfa Sanou, appointed Bishop of Banfora in 1998
See also
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Burkina Faso
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