Diocese of Dédougou

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Diocese of Dédougou
Basic data
Country Burkina Faso
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso
Diocesan bishop Prosper Bonaventure Ky
founding 2000
surface 28,374 km²
Parishes 14 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 1,033,401 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 140.025 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 13.5%
Diocesan priest 64 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 5 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 2,029
Friars 15 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 69 (12/31/2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language French
cathedral Cathédrale Sainte Anne

The diocese Dédougou ( Latin Dioecesis Deduguensis , French Diocèse de Dédougou ) is in Burkina Faso situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Dédougou .

history

The Diocese of Dédougou was created on April 14, 2000 as a result of the division of the Diocese of Nouna-Dédougou and was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Ouagadougou as a suffragan . On December 5, 2000, the Diocese of Dédougou was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso as a suffragan.

Bishops of Dédougou

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