Diocese of Koudougou, Burkina Faso 🇧🇫

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Koudougou / Kuduguen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ouagadougou

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

1954.06.14: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Koudougou / Kuduguen(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Ouahigouya)
1955.09.14: Promoted as Diocese of Koudougou / Kuduguen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Ouagadougou)
1958.06.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ouahigouya

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.11.04 – ...):	Bishop Joachim Hermenegilde Ouédraogo (63)
Apostolic Administrator sede plena (2025.06.23 – ...):	Bishop Alexandre Yikyi Bazié (65) Titular Bishop of Gummi in Byzacena
Auxiliary Bishop (2019.03.25 – ...):	Bishop Alexandre Yikyi Bazié (65) Titular Bishop of Gummi in Byzacena

Ordinaries

Bishops of Koudougou (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alexandre Yikyi Bazié (65)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2025.06.23 – ...)

Bishop Joachim Hermenegilde Ouédraogo (63)
(2011.11.04 – ...)

Bishop of Koudougou (Burkina Faso)

Tout à tous afin qu’ils te connaissent

Born:	1962.03.18 (Rouko, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:	1991.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.03.19

Priest of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso) (1991.07.06 – 2004.11.20)

Bishop of Dori (Burkina Faso) (2004.11.20 – 2011.11.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Koudougou (Burkina Faso) (2011.05.21 – 2011.11.04)

Bishop of Koudougou (Burkina Faso) (2011.11.04 – ...)

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

Bishop Joachim Hermenegilde Ouédraogo (63)
(Apostolic Administrator 2011.05.21 – 2011.11.04)

Bishop Basile Tapsoba (83)
(1984.07.02 – 2011.05.21)

Bishop emeritus of Koudougou (Burkina Faso)

In cruce salus

Born:	1942.12.09 (Koudougou, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:	1971.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.03.21

Priest of Koudougou (Burkina Faso) (1971.07.04 – 1981.12.19)

Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta (1981.12.19 – 1984.07.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Koudougou (Burkina Faso) (1981.12.19 – 1984.07.02)

Bishop of Koudougou (Burkina Faso) (1984.07.02 – 2011.05.21)

Bishop Anthyme Bayala
(1966.11.15 – 1984.04.03)

In variis unitas

Born:	1925.11.04 (Réo, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:	1954.01.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.04.01
Died:	1984.04.03 († 58)

Bishop of Koudougou (Burkina Faso) (1966.11.15 – 1984.04.03)

Bishop Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault, M. Afr.
(1955.09.14 – 1965.11.19)

Veritatem in caritate

Born:	1904.08.05 (Nantes, France)
Ordained Priest:	1929.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.10.28
Died:	1985.10.13 (Bry-sur-Marne, France † 81)

Prefect Apostolic of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso) (1947.10.24 – 1954.06.27)

Titular Bishop of Sufetula (1954.06.27 – 1955.09.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Koudougou (Burkina Faso) (1954.06.27 – 1955.09.14)

Bishop of Koudougou (Burkina Faso) (1955.09.14 – 1965.11.19)

Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Mauretania (1965.11.19 – 1976.07.28)

Vicars Apostolic of Koudougou (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault, M. Afr.
(1954.06.27 – 1955.09.14)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Basile Tapsoba (83) (1981.12.19 – 1984.07.02)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Augustin, Koudougou, Centre-Ouest

Diébougou (↙), Dédougou (←), Ouahigouya (↑), Kaya (↗), Ouagadougou (→), Manga (↘), Wa (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 26,354 km²

Population: 554,700 Catholics (27.3% of 2,030,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 104 priests (87 diocesan, 17 religious), 184 religious (40 brothers, 144 sisters), 71 seminarians