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Cathedral of Ouagadougou

The Archdiocese of Ouagadougou is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.

1 History
2 Special churches
3 Leadership
4 Suffragan Diocese
5 Source

History

1921.07.02: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou from the Apostolic Vicariate of French Sudan in Mali
1955.09.14: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception in Ouagadougou.

Leadership

Metropolitan Archbishops of Ouagadougou (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré since 1995.06.10
- Cardinal Paul Zoungrana, M. Afr. 1960.04.08 – 1995.06.10
- Archbishop Émile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. 1955.09.14 – 1960.01.12
Vicars Apostolic of Ouagadougou (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Émile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. 1949.09.16 – 1955.09.14
- Bishop Joanny Thévenoud, M. Afr. 1921.07.08 – 1949.09.16

Suffragan Diocese

Source

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