Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso

The Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso (Latin: Archidioecesis Bobodiulassensis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso.

History

• 15 December 1927: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Bobo-Dioulasso from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako, Mali and the Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou
• 9 March 1937: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bobo-Dioulasso
• 14 September 1955: Promoted as Diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso
• 5 December 2000: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale Notre Dame de Lourdes in Bobo Dioulasso.

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

• Metropolitan Archbishops of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
  • Archbishop Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo: 13 November 2010–present
  • Archbishop Anselme Titianma Sanou: 5 December 2000 – 13 November 2010; see below
• Bishops of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
  • Bishop Anselme Titianma Sanou: 12 December 1974 – 5 December 2000: see above
  • Bishop André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr.: 14 September 1955 – 12 December 1974; see below
• Vicars Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
  • Bishop André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr.: 8 July 1941 – 14 September 1955; see above
  • Bishop Louis-Joseph-Ephrem Groshenry, M. Afr.: 17 June 1937 – 15 May 1941
• Prefects Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
  • Father Marcel Paternôt, M. Afr.: 26 October 1934 - 1937
  • Father Césaire-Jean-Hippolyte Esquerre, M. Afr.: 11 January 1928 – 18 June 1934

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé, appointed Bishop of Diébougou in 1968
• Lucas Kalfa Sanou, appointed Bishop of Banfora in 1998

Suffragan Dioceses

• Banfora
• Dédougou
• Diébougou
• Gaoua
• Nouna

See also

• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Burkina Faso

Sources

• GCatholic.org