The Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso () 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

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale Notre Dame de Lourdes in Bobo Dioulasso.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

Metropolitan Archbishops of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below

Archbishop Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo: 13 November 2010–present

Archbishop Anselme Titianma Sanou: 5 December 2000 – 13 November 2010; see 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 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 Prefects Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below Father Marcel Paternôt, M. Afr.: 26 October 1934 - 1937 Father Césaire-Jean-Hippolyte Esquerre, M. Afr.: 11 January 1928 – 18 June 1934

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso

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

Roman Catholic dioceses in Burkina Faso

Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Burkina Faso

1927 establishments in the French colonial empire