Continent: Western and Northern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Fada N’Gourma / Fada Ngurmaën(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Koupéla
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
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Bishop (2012.02.11 – ...): | Bishop Pierre Claver Malgo (70) |
Bishops of Fada N’Gourma (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Pierre Claver Malgo (70) Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (Burkina Faso) Le royaume de Dieu est parmi vous
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Bishop Paul Yembuado Ouédraogo (76) (later Archbishop) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) Témoins de Jésus-Christ, Messagers de l’Espérance
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Bishop Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Marcel Chauvin, C.SS.R.
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Prefects Apostolic of Fada N’Gourma (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Alphonse Chantoux, C.SS.R. Prefect Apostolic of Fada N’Gourma (Burkina Faso) (1959.05.29 – 1964.06.16) |
Area: 46,256 km²
Population: 143,950 Catholics (7.4% of 1,942,805 total)
Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes, 3 missions
Personnel: 50 priests (41 diocesan, 9 religious), 89 religious (12 brothers, 77 sisters), 25 seminarians
Last updated on 2025.01.03
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