Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ouagadougou

Roman Catholic archdiocese in Burkina Faso

12°21′43″N 1°31′37″W / 12.3619°N 1.5270°W / 12.3619; -1.5270StatisticsArea9,600 km² (3,700 sq mi)Population
- Total
- Catholics(as of 2017^[1])
2,921,460
989,125 (33.9%)Parishes31InformationDenominationRoman CatholicRiteLatin RiteEstablished9 September 1955CathedralCathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception, OuagadougouSecular priests233Current leadershipPopeFrancisArchbishopProsper KontieboAuxiliary BishopsBishop Médard Léopold OuédraogoBishops emeritusPhilippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Uagaduguensis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.

History

2 July 1921: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou from the Apostolic Vicariate of French Sudan in Mali
14 September 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou

Cathedral

The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception in Ouagadougou.

Leadership

Apostolic Vicars of Ouagadougou

Joanny Thévenoud, M.Afr (8 July 1921 – 16 September 1949)
Emile-Joseph Socquet, M.Afr (16 September 1949 – 14 September 1955)

Archbishops of Ouagadougou

Emile-Joseph Socquet, M.Afr (14 September 1955 – 12 January 1960)
Paul Zoungrana, M.Afr (5 April 1960 – 10 June 1995), elevated to cardinal in 1965
Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré (10 June 1995 – 13 May 2009)
Philippe Ouédraogo (13 May 2009 – 16 October 2023), elevated to cardinal in 2014
Prosper Kontiebo

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

Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré (1973-1979), appointed Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (later returned here as Archbishop)
Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo) (1981-1996), appointed Bishop of Kaya
Médard Léopold Ouédraogo (2012-)