Diocese of Manga, Burkina Faso

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Manga / Mangan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ouagadougou

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1997.01.02: Established as Diocese of Manga / Mangan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou and Diocese of Koupéla and became suffragan of Ouagadougou)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.06.16 – ...):

Bishop Médard Léopold Ouédraogo (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Manga (Roman Rite)

Bishop Médard Léopold Ouédraogo (71)
(2022.06.16 – ...)

Bishop of Manga (Burkina Faso)

Born:	1953.06.08 (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:	1979.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.08.11

Priest of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (1979.06.30 – 2012.05.28)

Titular Bishop of Sutunurca (2012.05.28 – 2022.06.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (2012.05.28 – 2022.06.16)

Bishop of Manga (Burkina Faso) (2022.06.16 – ...)

Archbishop Gabriel Sayaogo (62)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.12.07 – 2022.06.16)

Bishop Gabriel Sayaogo (62) (later Archbishop)
(2010.12.28 – 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 – ...)

Bishop Wenceslas Compaoré
(1997.01.02 – 2010.12.28)

Misericordia et pax

Born:	1934.11.08 (Kombissiri, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:	1962.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.05.18
Died:	2023.06.18 (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso † 88)

Priest of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (1962.09.08 – 1997.01.02)

Bishop of Manga (Burkina Faso) (1997.01.02 – 2010.12.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l’Assomption, Manga, Nord

Koudougou (↖), Ouagadougou (↑), Tenkodogo (→), Navrongo–Bolgatanga (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,870 km²

Population: 176,104 Catholics (20.8% of 846,041 total)

Pastoral Centres: 7 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 21 priests (diocesan), 28 religious (3 brothers, 25 sisters), 17 seminarians

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