Diocese of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Fada N’Gourma / Fada Ngurmaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Koupéla

1959.02.12: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Fada N’Gourma / Fada Ngurmaën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Prefecture of Niamey)
1964.06.16: Promoted as Diocese of Fada N’Gourma / Fada Ngurmaën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Ouagadougou)
2000.12.05: Became suffragan of Koupéla
2004.11.20: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Dori
2012.02.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Tenkodogo

Bishop (2012.02.11 – ...):

Bishop Pierre Claver Malgo (70)

Bishops of Fada N’Gourma (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pierre Claver Malgo (70)
(2012.02.11 – ...)

Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (Burkina Faso)

Priest of Koupéla (Burkina Faso) (1984.07.07 – 2012.02.11)

Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (Burkina Faso) (2012.02.11 – ...)

Bishop Paul Yembuado Ouédraogo (76) (later Archbishop)
(1997.01.24 – 2010.11.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)

Priest of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) (1974.07.20 – 1997.01.24)

Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (Burkina Faso) (1997.01.24 – 2010.11.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) (2010.11.13 – 2024.12.18)

Bishop Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré (later Archbishop)
(1979.06.15 – 1995.06.10)

Priest of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (1962.09.08 – 1973.05.17)

Titular Bishop of Lamzella (1973.05.17 – 1979.06.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (1973.05.17 – 1979.06.15)

Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (Burkina Faso) (1979.06.15 – 1995.06.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (1995.06.10 – 2009.05.13)

Bishop Marcel Chauvin, C.SS.R.
(1964.06.16 – 1979.06.15)