Suffragan diocese Gaoua, Burkina Faso
Diocese of Gaoua
Gauen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin Church diocese in Gaoua, Burkina Faso, established on 30 November 2011. It has been led by Bishop Ollo Modeste Kambou since its erection.
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- Established
- 2011
- Catholics
- 30,721
- Priests
- 21
- Territory
- 10,411 km²
Parishes and churches
2 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur de GaouaGaoua · CathedralView parish
- Paroisse Saint Louis Orione de TonkarTonkarView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Ollo Modeste Kambou
- Born
- 4 December 1963
- Birthplace
- Bouti
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The cathedral
Cathédrale Sacré-Cœur, Gaoua stands in Gaoua, 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
Since 30 November 2011 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaoua in Burkina Faso has been led by Ollo Modeste Kambou, a Burkinabe prelate born on 4 December 1963. Pope Benedict XVI named him bishop on that date, the same day the Holy Father created the diocese of Diébougou as a suffragan of Bobo-Dioulasso. Before his episcopal appointment, Kambou had served from 28 December 1991 until 30 November 2011 as a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Diébougou in the Metropolitan Province of Bobo-Dioulasso. His ordination and installation took place at Gaoua, Burkina Faso, on 18 February 2012, with Archbishop Vito Rallo, Titular Archbishop of Alba, presiding.