Metropolitan see Koupéla, Burkina Faso
Archdiocese of Koupéla
Kupelaën(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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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.
- Paroisse de KoupélaKoupéla · CathedralView parish
- Paroisse d'AndemtengaAndemtengaView parish
- Paroisse de BaskouréBaskouréView parish
- Paroisse de GounghinGounghinView parish
- Paroisse de GyelgêGyelgêView parish
- Paroisse de LidgmalgemLidgmalgemView parish
- Paroisse de MogtédoMogtédoView parish
- Paroisse de MéguetMéguetView parish
- Paroisse de NédégoNédégoView parish
- Paroisse de PouytengaPouytengaView parish
- Paroisse de TensobentengaTensobentengaView parish
- Paroisse de ZorghoZorghoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
In Burkina Faso, the ecclesiastical province of Koupéla has as its Metropolitan See the Archdiocese of Koupéla (Latin: Archidioecesis Kupelaënsis).