Diocese of Fada N'Gourma

Diocese of Fada N'Gourma
Basic data
Country	Burkina Faso
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Koupéla
Diocesan bishop	Pierre Claver Malgo
founding	1964
surface	46,256 km²
Parishes	14 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	1,512,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	107,141 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	7.1%
Diocesan priest	38 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	12 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	2.143
Friars	17 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	89 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	French
cathedral	Cathédrale Saint Joseph

The Diocese of Fada N'Gourma ( Latin Dioecesis Fada Ngurmaensis , French Diocèse de Fada N'Gourma ) is in Burkina Faso situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Fada N'Gourma .

history

The diocese of Fada N'Gourma was founded on February 12, 1959 by Pope John XXIII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quamquam cotidie from cessions of territory from the Apostolic Prefecture Niamey as Apostolic Prefecture Fada N'Gourma . On June 16, 1964, the Apostolic Prefecture Fada N'Gourma was by Pope Paul VI. raised to the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Quod sanctissimum . The diocese of Fada N'Gourma gave up on November 20, 2004 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Dori .

It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Koupéla as a suffragan .

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefects of Fada N'Gourma

• Alphonse Chantoux CSsR , 1959-1964

Bishops of Fada N'Gourma

• Marcel Pierre Marie Chauvin CSsR, 1964–1979
• Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré , 1979–1995, then Archbishop of Ouagadougou
• Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo , 1997–2010, then Archbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso
• Pierre Claver Malgo , since 2012

See also

• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
• Roman Catholic Church in Burkina Faso

Web links

• Entry for the diocese of Fada N'Gourma on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Quamquam cotidie , AAS 51 (1959), n.10, pp. 683f.
2. ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Quod sanctissimum , AAS 57 (1965), n.3, p. 213ff.