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Metropolitan see Koupéla, Burkina Faso

Archdiocese of Koupéla

Kupelaën(sis)

The Archdiocese of Koupéla is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Koupéla in Burkina Faso, with suffragans Dori, Fada N'Gourma, Kaya, and Tenkodogo. Erected as a diocese on 20 February 1956 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 5 December 2000, it has been led by Archbishop Gabriel Sayaogo since 2019.

On the map

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Koupéla, 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
1956
Catholics
247,629
Priests
65
Territory
7,181 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Gabriel Sayaogo
Born
9 January 1962
Birthplace
Niességa

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The cathedral

Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Grâces stands in Koupéla, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In Burkina Faso, the ecclesiastical province of Koupéla has as its Metropolitan See the Archdiocese of Koupéla (Latin: Archidioecesis Kupelaënsis).