Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso

Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso

Archidioecesis Bobodiulassensis
Location
CountryBurkina Faso
HeadquartersBobo-Dioulasso
Statistics
Area24,415 km2 (9,427 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2023)
  • 2,116,740
  • 225,790 (10.7%)
Parishes22
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established15 December 1927 (1927-12-15)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes of Bobo-Dioulasso
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
Metropolitan ArchbishopLaurent Birfuoré Dabiré
Bishops emeritusPaul Yemboaro Ouédraogo
Anselme Titiama Sanou
The Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral in 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

  • 15 December 1927: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Bobo-Dioulasso from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako, Mali and the Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou
  • 9 March 1937: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bobo-Dioulasso
  • 14 September 1955: Promoted as Diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso
  • 5 December 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
  • Bishops of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
    • Bishop Anselme Titianma Sanou: 12 December 1974 – 5 December 2000: see above
    • Bishop André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr.: 14 September 1955 – 12 December 1974; see below, resigned
  • Vicars Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
    • Bishop André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr.: 8 July 1941 – 14 September 1955; see above
    • Bishop Louis-Joseph-Ephrem Groshenry, M. Afr.: 17 June 1937 – 15 May 1941, resigned
  • Prefects Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
    • Father Marcel Paternôt, M. Afr.: 26 October 1934 - 1937, resigned
    • Father Césaire-Jean-Hippolyte Esquerre, M. Afr.: 11 January 1928 – 18 June 1934, resigned

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Suffragan Dioceses

See also

Sources

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