Diocese of Dori
Dorien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Dori, Burkina Faso
The Diocese of Dori is a Latin Catholic diocese in Burkina Faso, erected on 20 November 2004 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Koupela. The see has been vacant since December 2024, with Bishop Theophile Nare serving as apostolic administrator since February 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 November 2004
- Latin
- Dorien(sis)
- Patron
- St. Anne
- Annuario code
- 001001316
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 16,807
- Priests
- 13
- Catholics per priest
- 1,293
- Extent
- 36,166 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator
- Théophile Nare
- Born
- 7 July 1966
- Birthplace
- Yargo
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedrale Sainte-Anne stands in Dori, 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.
The province of Koupela
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Koupela.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KayaKaya
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Evêché, B.P. 139, Dori, Burkina Faso
- Telephone
- 24.46.07.30
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it, are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].