The Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso (Latin : Archidioecesis Bobodiulassensis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso.

Contents

• History
• Special churches
• Bishops
• Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
• Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
• Suffragan Dioceses
• See also
• Sources

History

• 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

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

Bishops

Suffragan Dioceses

• Banfora
• Dédougou
• Diébougou
• Gaoua
• Nouna

See also

• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Burkina Faso

Sources

• GCatholic.org

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