Diocese of Diébougou, Burkina Faso 🇧🇫

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Diébougou / Diebuguen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bobo-Dioulasso

Neighbouring Dioceses: Banfora (↙), Bobo-Dioulasso (←), Dédougou (↑), Koudougou (↗), Wa (↘), Gaoua (↓)

1968.10.18: Established as Diocese of Diébougou / Diebuguen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso and became suffragan of Ouagadougou)
2000.12.05: Became suffragan of Bobo-Dioulasso
2011.11.30: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Gaoua

Bishop (2006.04.03 – ...):

Bishop Der Raphaël Kusiélé Dabiré (78)

Bishops of Diébougou (Roman Rite)

Bishop Der Raphaël Kusiélé Dabiré (78)
(2006.04.03 – ...)

Bishop of Diébougou (Burkina Faso)

Priest of Diébougou (Burkina Faso) (1975.07.12 – 2006.04.03)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2000.06.30 – 2006.04.03)

Bishop of Diébougou (Burkina Faso) (2006.04.03 – ...)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé (95)
(1968.10.18 – 2006.04.03)

Bishop emeritus of Diébougou (Burkina Faso)

Priest of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) (1958.04.11 – 1968.10.18)

Bishop of Diébougou (Burkina Faso) (1968.10.18 – 2006.04.03)

Area: 7,973 km²

Population: 249,507 Catholics (41.7% of 598,709 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 181 missions

Personnel: 104 priests (93 diocesan, 11 religious), 1 deacon, 118 religious (24 brothers, 94 sisters), 24 seminarians