Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Ouagadougou / Uagaduguen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Koudougou, Manga, Ouahigouya

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1921.07.02: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou / Uagaduguen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of French Sudan)
1926.01.11: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Navrongo
1927.12.15: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Bobo-Dioulasso
1942.04.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Niamey
1942.06.09: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Gao
1947.06.12: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Ouahigouya
1955.09.14: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou / Uagaduguen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Bobo-Dioulasso, Koudougou and Nouna)
1956.02.20: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Koupéla
1958.06.23: Gained suffragan see Ouahigouya
1964.06.16: Gained suffragan see Fada N’Gourma
1968.10.18: Gained suffragan see Diébougou
1969.06.26: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kaya and gained suffragan see Kaya
1975.12.03: Lost suffragan see Nouna and gained suffragan see Nouna–Dédougou
1997.01.02: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Manga and gained suffragan see Manga
1998.06.27: Gained suffragan see Banfora
2000.04.14: Gained suffragan see Nouna
2000.12.05: Lost suffragan sees Banfora, Bobo-Dioulasso, Dédougou, Diébougou, Fada N’Gourma, Kaya and Nouna

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1980.05, 1990.01)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2023.10.16 – ...):

Archbishop Prosper Kontiebo, M.I. (64)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Ouagadougou (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Prosper Kontiebo, M.I. (64)
(2023.10.16 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Deus caritas est

Born:	1960.09.25 (Boassa, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:	1990.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.06.02

Bishop of Tenkodogo (Burkina Faso) (2012.02.11 – 2023.10.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (2023.10.16 – ...)

Cardinal Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo (79)
(2009.05.13 – 2023.10.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

In vinculo caritatis annuntiemus Jesum Christum

Born:	1945.01.25 (Konéan, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:	1973.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.11.23
Created Cardinal:	2014.02.22

Priest of Kaya (Burkina Faso) (1973.07.14 – 1996.07.05)

Bishop of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso) (1996.07.05 – 2009.05.13)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger (2001 – 2007.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (2009.05.13 – 2023.10.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino (2014.02.22 [2014.04.27] – ...)

President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (2019.07.19 – 2022.08.01)

Archbishop Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré
(1995.06.10 – 2009.05.13)

Collaborantes fidei evangelii

Born:	1933.07.29 (Saganyônyôgo, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:	1962.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.10.28
Died:	2024.11.10 (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)

Cardinal Paul Zoungrana, M. Afr.
(1960.04.08 – 1995.06.10)

In Christo et in ecclesia

Born:	1917.09.03 (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:	1942.05.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.05.08
Created Cardinal:	1965.02.22
Died:	2000.06.04 (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso † 82)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (1960.04.08 – 1995.06.10)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Camillo de Lellis (1965.02.25 – 2000.06.04)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger (1970 – 1976)

President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (1970 – 1979)

President of Regional Episcopal Conferences of Western Francophone Africa (1979 – 1983)

President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (1981 – 1984)

Archbishop Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr.
(1955.09.14 – 1960.01.12)

Born:	1905.06.11 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1928.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.06.04
Died:	1987.07.16 († 82)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (1948.01.08 – 1949.09.16)

Titular Bishop of Hirina (1948.01.08 – 1955.09.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (1949.09.16 – 1955.09.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (1955.09.14 – 1960.01.12)

Titular Archbishop of Selymbria (1960.01.12 – 1987.07.16)

Vicars Apostolic of Ouagadougou (Roman Rite)

Bishop Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. (later Archbishop)
(1949.09.16 – 1955.09.14)

(see above)

Bishop Joanny Thévenoud, M. Afr.
(1921.07.08 – 1949.09.16)

Born:	1878.03.14 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1903.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.05.01
Died:	1949.09.16 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Sitifis (1921.07.08 – 1949.09.16)

Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (1921.07.08 – 1949.09.16)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. (later Archbishop) (1948.01.08 – 1949.09.16)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Louis-Marie-Joseph Durrieu, M. Afr. (1946.07.11 – 1947.05.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Médard Léopold Ouédraogo (71) (2012.05.28 – 2022.06.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (1981.11.05 – 1996.03.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré (later Archbishop) (1973.05.17 – 1979.06.15)