Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso

Coordinates: 11°10′41″N 4°18′11″W / 11.1781°N 4.3030°W / 11.1781; -4.3030
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The Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso (Latin: Archidioecesis Bobodiulassensis) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso.

History

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

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Suffragan Dioceses

See also

Sources

11°10′41″N 4°18′11″W / 11.1781°N 4.3030°W / 11.1781; -4.3030


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