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Suffragan diocese Koudougou, Burkina Faso

Diocese of Koudougou

Kuduguen(sis)

The Diocese of Koudougou is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, promoted to a diocese on 14 September 1955. Bishop Joachim Hermenegilde Ouédraogo remains the titular ordinary, but Bishop Alexandre Yikyi Bazié has governed as apostolic administrator sede plena since 23 June 2025.

On the map

Esri
Koudougou, 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
1955
Catholics
554,700
Priests
104
Territory
26,354 km²

Parishes and churches

27 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

Apostolic Administrator
Joachim Ouédraogo

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The cathedral

Cathédrale Saint-Augustin stands in Koudougou, 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

Koudougou, a city in Burkina Faso, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Kuduguensis) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Ouagadougou.