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Suffragan diocese Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso

Diocese of Tenkodogo

Tenkodogoën(sis)

The Diocese of Tenkodogo is a Latin rite diocese in Burkina Faso, erected in 2012 from territory of the Archdiocese of Koupéla and the Diocese of Fada N'Gourma, to which it is suffragan to Koupéla. Bishop David Koudougou was consecrated as its second bishop in May 2025.

On the map

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Tenkodogo, 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
2012
Catholics
197,000
Priests
34
Territory
10,047 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
David Koudougou
Born
1 August 1972
Birthplace
Tenkodogo

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The cathedral

Maria Regina Cathedral stands in Tenkodogo, 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

Within Burkina Faso's ecclesiastical province of Koupéla sits the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tenkodogo (Latin: Dioecesis Tenkodogoënsis), based in the city of Tenkodogo.