Diocese of

Fada N’Gourma

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

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

Ecclesiastical Province: Koupéla

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

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

Ordinaries

Bishops of Fada N’Gourma (Roman Rite)

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

Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (Burkina Faso)

Le royaume de Dieu est parmi vous

Born:1954.09.14 (Dimistènga, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:1984.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:2012.05.12

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

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

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

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)

Témoins de Jésus-Christ, Messagers de l’Espérance

Born:1948.05.03 (Treichville, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:1974.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:1997.05.18

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)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger (2013.06.14 – 2019.06.14)

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

Collaborantes fidei evangelii

Born:1933.07.29 (Saganyônyôgo, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:1962.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:1973.10.28
Died:2024.11.09 (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso † 91)

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)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger (1988 – 1995)

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

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

Born:1914.04.26 (France)
Ordained Priest:1939.08.29
Consecrated Bishop:1964.12.20
Died:2004.07.02 († 90)

Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (Burkina Faso) (1964.06.16 – 1979.06.15)

Prefects Apostolic of Fada N’Gourma (Roman Rite)

Fr. Alphonse Chantoux, C.SS.R.
(1959.05.29 – 1964.06.16)

Prefect Apostolic of Fada N’Gourma (Burkina Faso) (1959.05.29 – 1964.06.16)

Special Churches

Tenkodogo (↙), Koupéla (←), Kaya (↖), Dori (↑), Niamey (↗), Kandi (→), Natitingou (↘), Dapaong (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

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

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