Archdiocese of Koupéla
Kupelaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Koupéla, Burkina Faso
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 December 2000
- Latin
- Kupelaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001903
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 247,629
- Priests
- 65
- Catholics per priest
- 3,810
- Extent
- 7,181 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 34
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
- Archbishop
- Gabriel Sayaogo
- Born
- 9 January 1962
- Birthplace
- Niességa
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 Notre-Dame des Grâces stands in Koupéla, 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 Koupéla
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Fada N’GourmaFada N’Gourma
- Diocese of TenkodogoTenkodogo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Burkina Faso, the ecclesiastical province of Koupéla has as its Metropolitan See the Archdiocese of Koupéla (Latin: Archidioecesis Kupelaënsis).
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Archevêché, B.P. 51, Koupéla, Burkina Faso
- [email protected]
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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 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
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].