Metropolitan see Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso
Bobodiulassen(sis)
Latin Church
Metropolitan archdiocese in Burkina Faso, founded in 1927 as an apostolic prefecture and elevated to an archdiocese in 2000. Archbishop Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré has led the see since December 2024, with suffragans including Banfora, Dédougou, Diébougou, Gaoua, and Nouna.
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- Established
- 1927
- Catholics
- 225,790
- Priests
- 98
- Territory
- 24,415 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Archbishop
- Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes stands in Bobo-Dioulasso, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
In Burkina Faso, the ecclesiastical province of Bobo-Dioulasso has as its Metropolitan See the Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Bobodiulassensis.