Metropolitan Archdiocese of Koupéla, Burkina Faso 🇧🇫

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

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1956.02.20: Established as Diocese of Koupéla / Kupelaën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou)
1969.06.26: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kaya
1997.01.02: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Manga
2000.12.05: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Koupéla / Kupelaën(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Fada N’Gourma and Kaya)
2004.11.20: Gained suffragan see Dori
2012.02.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Tenkodogo and gained suffragan see Tenkodogo

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.12.07 – ...):

Archbishop Gabriel Sayaogo (64)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Koupéla (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Gabriel Sayaogo (64)
(2019.12.07 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Koupéla (Burkina Faso)
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 – 2025.06.13)

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

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

President of Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger (2025.06.13 – ...)

Archbishop Séraphin François Rouamba (83)
(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)

Bishop Séraphin François Rouamba (83) (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 (Koupéla, 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

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Grâces, Koupéla, Centre-Est

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