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

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  • 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

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

Bishops

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Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

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  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), 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

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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Suffragan Dioceses

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See also

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Sources

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