Roman Catholic Church in Burkina Faso

The Roman Catholic Church in Burkina Faso is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church .

organization

10% of the Burkinabe are Catholics. The largest diocese, Ouagadougou, has 497,540 Catholics. It is followed by the diocese of Koudougou with 259,634 and the archdiocese of Koupéla with 257,103 Catholics.

Archbishop Séraphin François Rouamba is chairman of the Bishops' Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger . Paul Cardinal Zoungrana MAfr , Archbishop of Ouagadougou, was founded in 1965 by Pope Paul VI. appointed first Burkinabe cardinal . The Apostolic Nuncio in Burkina Faso has been Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty since 2020 .

Pope John Paul II visited Burkina Faso in 1980 and 1990.

The Roman Catholic Church in Burkina Faso is divided into three archbishoprics and eleven associated suffragan dioceses .

Dioceses in Burkina Faso

• Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso
  • Bishopric of Banfora
  • Diocese of Dédougou
  • Diébougou diocese
  • Diocese of Gaoua
  • Diocese of Nouna
• Archdiocese of Koupéla
  • Diocese of Dori
  • Diocese of Fada N'Gourma
  • Diocese of Kaya
  • Diocese of Tenkodogo
• Archdiocese of Ouagadougou
  • Diocese of Koudougou
  • Diocese of Manga
  • Diocese of Ouahigouya

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CIA World Factbook: Burkina Faso (English) data from November 2011
2. ↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2009 , Città del Vaticano 2009, p. 540.
3. ↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2009 , Città del Vaticano 2009, p. 381.
4. ↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2009 , Città del Vaticano 2009, p. 382.

Web links

• Entry on Roman Catholic Church in Burkina Faso on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Missio Aachen factsheet with information on the Catholic Church in Burkina Faso