Archdiocese of Koupéla
Archdiocese of Koupéla Archidioecesis Kupelaensis Archidiocèse de Koupéla | |
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 The Cathedral of Koupéla in 2007 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Burkina Faso |
| Headquarters | Koupéla, Burkina Faso |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,181 km2 (2,773 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 12 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 20 February 1956 |
| Cathedral | Our Lady of Graces Cathedral, Koupéla |
| Secular priests | 65 |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Gabriel Sayaogo |
| Bishops emeritus | Séraphin François Rouamba |
The Archdiocese of Koupéla (Latin: Archidioecesis Kupelaënsis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Koupéla in Burkina Faso.
History
- 20 February 1956: Established as Diocese of Koupéla from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou
- 5 December 2000: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Koupéla
Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is Our Lady of Graces Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre Dame des Grâces) in Koupéla.
Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Koupéla (Roman rite), below
- Archbishop Gabriel Sayaogo 7 December 2019 – present
- Archbishop Séraphin François Rouamba 5 December 2000 – 7 December 2019; see below
- Bishops of Koupéla (Roman rite), below
- Bishop Séraphin François Rouamba 1 June 1995 – 5 December 2000; see above
- Bishop Dieudonné Yougbaré 29 February 1956 – 1 June 1995
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Pierre Claver Malgo, appointed Bishop of Fada N’Gourma in 2012
- Théophile Nare, appointed Bishop of Kaya in 2018
Suffragan Dioceses
Sources
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