Diocese of Diébougou, Burkina Faso

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Diébougou / Diebuguen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bobo-Dioulasso

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

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

Present Prelates

Bishop (2006.04.03 – ...):

Bishop Der Raphaël Kusiélé Dabiré (76)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Diébougou (Roman Rite)

Bishop Der Raphaël Kusiélé Dabiré (76)
(2006.04.03 – ...)

Bishop of Diébougou (Burkina Faso)

Au nom du fils de Marie, lève-toi et marche

Born:	1948.04.27 (Dissin, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:	1975.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.06.24

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

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

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé (94)
(1968.10.18 – 2006.04.03)

Bishop emeritus of Diébougou (Burkina Faso)

Par lui, avec lui et en lui

Born:	1930.09 (Dano, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:	1958.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.01.18

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

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

President of Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger (1995 – 2001)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul, Diébougou, Sud-Ouest

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

Statistics (2022.12.31)

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

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