Diocese of Banfora, Burkina Faso 🇧🇫

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Banfora / Banforen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bobo-Dioulasso

Neighbouring Dioceses: Sikasso (↖), Bobo-Dioulasso (↑), Diébougou (↗), Gaoua (→), Bondoukou (↘), Katiola (↓)

1998.06.27: Established as Diocese of Banfora / Banforen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso and became suffragan of Ouagadougou)
2000.12.05: Became suffragan of Bobo-Dioulasso

Bishop (1998.06.27 – ...):

Bishop Lucas Kalfa Sanou (74)

Bishops of Banfora (Roman Rite)

Bishop Lucas Kalfa Sanou (74)
(1998.06.27 – ...)

Bishop of Banfora (Burkina Faso)

Priest of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) (1978.07.01 – 1998.06.27)

Bishop of Banfora (Burkina Faso) (1998.06.27 – ...)

Area: 18,917 km²

Population: 38,250 Catholics (4.6% of 840,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 9 parishes

Personnel: 33 priests (26 diocesan, 7 religious), 78 religious (25 brothers, 53 sisters), 25 seminarians