Archdiocese of Ouagadougou
Uagaduguen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
The Archdiocese of Ouagadougou is the metropolitan see of Burkina Faso, established as an apostolic vicariate in 1921 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1955. Its current archbishop is Prosper Kontiebo, appointed in 2023, succeeding Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 September 1955
- Latin
- Uagaduguen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002491
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 989,125
- Population
- 2,921,460
- Catholic share
- 33.9%
- Priests
- 233
- Catholics per priest
- 4,245
- Extent
- 9,600 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 103
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Prosper Kontiebo
- Born
- 25 June 1960
- Birthplace
- Boassa
- Institute
- CHIERICI REGOLARI MINISTRI DEGLI INFERMI (CAMILLIANI)
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
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Ouagadougou stands in Ouagadougou, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KoudougouKoudougou
- Diocese of MangaManga
- Diocese of OuahigouyaOuahigouya
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Burkina Faso's ecclesiastical province of Ouagadougou has its Metropolitan See in the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Uagaduguensis).
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].