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Suffragan diocese Kaya, Burkina Faso

Diocese of Kaya

Kayan(us)

The Diocese of Kaya is a Latin Rite diocese in the Centre-Nord region of Burkina Faso, established in 1969 from the Archdiocese of Ouagadougou and the Diocese of Koupela. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Koupela, and its bishop since 2018 is Theophile Nare.

On the map

Esri
Kaya, Burkina Faso, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1969
Catholics
150,000
Priests
50
Territory
18,000 km²

Parishes and churches

14 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Théophile Naré
Born
7 July 1966
Birthplace
Yargo

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The cathedral

Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Kaya stands in Kaya, 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

Kaya, a city in Burkina Faso, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Kayana) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Koupéla.