Suffragan diocese Banfora, Burkina Faso
Diocese of Banfora
Banforen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Banfora in Burkina Faso was erected in 1998 from territory of the Diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso. Bishop Lucas Kalfa Sanou has led it since its founding.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1998
- Catholics
- 37,540
- Priests
- 30
- Territory
- 18,917 km²
Parishes and churches
9 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathédrale Saint Pierre de BanforaBanfora · CathedralView parish
- Paroisse des Martyrs d'Ouganda de Konadougou-SindouSindouView parish
- Paroisse Notre Dame de la Divine Miséricorde de MangodaraMangodaraView parish
- Paroisse Notre Dame de la Paix de SoubakaniédougouSoubakaniédougouView parish
- Paroisse Notre Dame du Perpétuel Secours de NiangolokoNiangolokoView parish
- Paroisse Saint Etienne de BérégadougouBérégadougouView parish
- Paroisse Saint Luc de NafonaNafonaView parish
- Paroisse Saint Paul de SidéradougouSidéradougouView parish
- Paroisse Saint Viateur de BanforaBanforaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Lucas Kalfa Sanou
- Born
- 4 September 1951
- Birthplace
- Dugona
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Saint Peter Cathedral stands in Banfora, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
In Burkina Faso, the city of Banfora gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Banforensis) that belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Bobo-Dioulasso.