Diocese of Koudougou
Kuduguen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Koudougou, Burkina Faso
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 September 1955
- Latin
- Kuduguen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Augustine
- Annuario code
- 001001902
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 554,700
- Priests
- 104
- Catholics per priest
- 5,334
- Extent
- 26,354 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 21
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
- Joachim Ouédraogo
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
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.
The province of Ouagadougou
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ouagadougou.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of OuagadougouOuagadougou
- Diocese of MangaManga
- Diocese of OuahigouyaOuahigouya
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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 chancery's address, telephone and email, 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
The see's own website · Wikipedia
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].