Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Uagaduguensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Burkina Faso |
Territory | Kadiogo Province |
Ecclesiastical province | Ouagadougou |
Metropolitan | Ouagadougou |
Coordinates | 12°21′43″N 1°31′37″W / 12.3619°N 1.5270°W |
Statistics | |
Area | 9,600 km2 (3,700 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017
[1]) 2,921,460 989,125 (33.9%) |
Parishes | 31 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 9 September 1955 |
Cathedral | Cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception, Ouagadougou |
Secular priests | 233 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Prosper Kontiebo |
Auxiliary Bishops | Bishop Médard Léopold Ouédraogo |
Bishops emeritus | Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo |
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou ( Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Uagaduguensis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.
The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception in Ouagadougou.
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Uagaduguensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Burkina Faso |
Territory | Kadiogo Province |
Ecclesiastical province | Ouagadougou |
Metropolitan | Ouagadougou |
Coordinates | 12°21′43″N 1°31′37″W / 12.3619°N 1.5270°W |
Statistics | |
Area | 9,600 km2 (3,700 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017
[1]) 2,921,460 989,125 (33.9%) |
Parishes | 31 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 9 September 1955 |
Cathedral | Cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception, Ouagadougou |
Secular priests | 233 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Prosper Kontiebo |
Auxiliary Bishops | Bishop Médard Léopold Ouédraogo |
Bishops emeritus | Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo |
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou ( Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Uagaduguensis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.
The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception in Ouagadougou.