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

Suffragan Dioceses

• Banfora
• Dédougou
• Diébougou
• Gaoua
• Nouna

See also

• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Burkina Faso

Sources

• GCatholic.org