Diocese of

Dédougou

Burkina Faso

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Dédougou / Deduguen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bobo-Dioulasso

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bobo-Dioulasso (↙), Nouna (←), Mopti (↑), Ouahigouya (↗), Koudougou (→), Diébougou (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1975.12.03: Established as Diocese of Nouna–Dédougou / Nunen(sis)–Deduguen(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Nouna and became suffragan of Ouagadougou)
2000.04.14: Renamed as Diocese of Dédougou / Deduguen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Nouna)
2000.12.05: Became suffragan of Bobo-Dioulasso

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.04.24 – ...):

Bishop Prosper Bonaventure Ky (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Dédougou (Roman Rite)

Bishop Prosper Bonaventure Ky (61)
(2018.04.24 – ...)

Bishop of Dédougou (Burkina Faso)

Vous êtes mes amis

Born:	1965.01.10 (Toma, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:	1994.07.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.07.21

Priest of Dédougou (Burkina Faso) (1994.07.23 – 2018.04.24)

Bishop of Dédougou (Burkina Faso) (2018.04.24 – ...)

Bishop Médard Léopold Ouédraogo (72)
(Apostolic Administrator 2016 – 2018.04.24)

Bishop Judes Bicaba
(2005.06.04 – 2016.08.19)

Ut omnes unum sunt santifico meipsum tibi / Pour que tous soient un, je me consacre à toi

Born:	1947 (Wakara, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:	1975.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.10.01
Died:	2016.08.19 († 68)

Priest of Dédougou (Burkina Faso) (1975.07.12 – 2005.06.04)

Bishop of Dédougou (Burkina Faso) (2005.06.04 – 2016.08.19)

Bishop Zéphyrin Toé
(2000.04.14 – 2005.06.04)

Opus perficere in Christo

Born:	1928.12.30 (Toma, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:	1958.04.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.11.25
Died:	2013.11.25 († 84)

Bishop of Nouna (Burkina Faso) (1973.07.05 – 1975.12.03)

Bishop of Nouna–Dédougou (Burkina Faso) (1975.12.03 – 2000.04.14)

Bishop of Dédougou (Burkina Faso) (2000.04.14 – 2005.06.04)

Bishops of Nouna–Dédougou (Roman Rite)

Bishop Zéphyrin Toé
(1975.12.03 – 2000.04.14)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Sainte-Anne, Dédougou, Boucle du Mouhoun

Bobo-Dioulasso (↙), Nouna (←), Mopti (↑), Ouahigouya (↗), Koudougou (→), Diébougou (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 28,374 km²

Population: 165,100 Catholics (12.7% of 1,303,590 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 80 priests (72 diocesan, 8 religious), 84 religious (16 brothers, 68 sisters), 43 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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