Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Koupéla

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso

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Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Koupéla / Kupelaën(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Dori, Fada N’Gourma, Kaya, Tenkodogo

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.12.07 – ...):Archbishop Gabriel Sayaogo (62)Archbishop Gabriel Sayaogo (62)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Koupéla (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Gabriel Sayaogo (62)Archbishop Gabriel Sayaogo (62)
(2019.12.07 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Koupéla (Burkina Faso)
Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger

In nomine Jesu

Born:1962.01.09 (Niességa, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:1991.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:2011.04.30

Priest of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso) (1991.07.13 – 2010.12.28)

Bishop of Manga (Burkina Faso) (2010.12.28 – 2019.12.07)

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

Apostolic Administrator of Manga (Burkina Faso) (2019.12.07 – 2022.06.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Koupéla (Burkina Faso) (2019.12.07 – ...)

Archbishop Séraphin François Rouamba (81)Archbishop Séraphin François Rouamba (81)
(2000.12.05 – 2019.12.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Koupéla (Burkina Faso)

Nos autem servos vestros per Jesum

Born:1942 (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:1970.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:1995.10.21

Bishop of Koupéla (Burkina Faso) (1995.06.01 – 2000.12.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Koupéla (Burkina Faso) (2000.12.05 – 2019.12.07)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger (2007.05 – 2013.06.14)

Bishops of Koupéla (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Séraphin François Rouamba (81)Bishop Séraphin François Rouamba (81) (later Archbishop)
(1995.06.01 – 2000.12.05)

(see above)

Bishop Dieudonné Yougbaré
(1956.02.29 – 1995.06.01)

Yahvé est mon rocher

Born:1917.02.16 (Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:1945.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:1956.07.08
Died:2011.11.04 († 94)

Bishop of Koupéla (Burkina Faso) (1956.02.29 – 1995.06.01)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger (1976 – 1982)

President of Regional Episcopal Conferences of Western Francophone Africa (1983 – 1986)

Special Churches

Ouagadougou (←), Kaya (↑), Fada N’Gourma (→), Tenkodogo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,181 km²

Population: 247,629 Catholics (23.9% of 1,035,951 total)

Pastoral Centres: 12 parishes, 212 missions

Personnel: 65 priests (63 diocesan, 2 religious), 102 religious (4 brothers, 98 sisters), 44 seminarians

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Pastoral Centres

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