Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Koupéla

Coordinates: 12°11′00″N 0°21′13″W / 12.1833°N 0.3536°W / 12.1833; -0.3536
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The Cathedral of Koupéla in 2007

The Archdiocese of Koupéla (Latin: Archidioecesis Kupelaënsis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Koupéla in Burkina Faso.

History[edit]

  • 20 February 1956: Established as Diocese of Koupéla from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou
  • 5 December 2000: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Koupéla

Special churches[edit]

The seat of the archbishop is Our Lady of Graces Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre Dame des Grâces) in Koupéla.

Bishops[edit]

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order[edit]

  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Koupéla (Roman rite), below
    • Archbishop Gabriel Sayaogo 7 December 2019 – present
    • Archbishop Séraphin François Rouamba 5 December 2000 – 7 December 2019; see below
  • Bishops of Koupéla (Roman rite), below
    • Bishop Séraphin François Rouamba 1 June 1995 – 5 December 2000; see above
    • Bishop Dieudonné Yougbaré 29 February 1956 – 1 June 1995

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[edit]

Suffragan Dioceses[edit]

Sources[edit]

12°11′00″N 0°21′13″W / 12.1833°N 0.3536°W / 12.1833; -0.3536