Diocese of Fada N'Gourma
Diocese of Fada N'Gourma | |
Basic data | |
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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
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Quamquam cotidie , AAS 51 (1959), n.10, pp. 683f.
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Quod sanctissimum , AAS 57 (1965), n.3, p. 213ff.