Diocese of Koudougou

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Diocese of Koudougou
Basic data
Country Burkina Faso
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Ouagadougou
Diocesan bishop Joachim Ouédraogo
Auxiliary bishop Alexandre Yikyi Bazié
Emeritus diocesan bishop Basile Tapsoba
Vicar General Patrice Sibli Yameogo
founding 1954
surface 26,354 km²
Parishes 18 (2013 / AP 2014 )
Residents 1,753,112 (2013 / AP 2014 )
Catholics 318,960 (2013 / AP 2014 )
proportion of 18.2%
Diocesan priest 71 (2013 / AP 2014 )
Religious priest 15 (2013 / AP 2014 )
Catholics per priest 3,709
Friars 33 (2013 / AP 2014 )
Religious sisters 68 (2013 / AP 2014 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language French
cathedral Cathédrale Saint Augustin

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Koudougou ( Latin Dioecesis Kuduguensis , French Diocèse de Koudougou ) is in Burkina Faso situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Koudougou .

history

Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Prefecture Ouahigouya with the Apostolic Constitution Quo in Africa on June 12, 1947 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Ouagadougou . She was raised to the Apostolic Vicariate on June 14, 1954 , which took its current name.

With the bull Dum tantis it was raised on September 14, 1955 to the diocese, which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Ouagadougou as a suffragan . On June 23, 1958, it gave up parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Ouahigouya .

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefect of Ouahigouya

Vicar Apostolic of Koudougou

  • Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault MAfr (June 14, 1954 - September 14, 1955)

Bishops of Koudougou

statistics

year population priest Permanent deacons Religious Parishes
Catholics Residents % Total number Diocesan priest Religious priest Catholics per priest Friars Religious sisters
1950 10,024 864.499 1.2 24 1 23 417 8th 6th
1969 38.106 754,000 5.1 40 5 35 952 55 56 10
1980 79,829 903.106 8.8 41 14th 27 1,947 47 72 12
1990 123.701 1,243,955 9.9 42 27 15th 2,945 30th 76 12
1997 173.764 1,427,931 12.2 66 56 10 2,632 27 87 12
2000 280.927 1,365,267 20.6 64 55 9 4,389 27 97 13
2001 172.464 1,388,102 12.4 65 56 9 2,653 29 100 14th
2002 254,677 1,449,986 17.6 69 59 10 3,690 29 105 14th
2003 254,325 1,450,883 17.5 69 58 11 3,685 30th 105 16
2004 228.780 1,525,810 15.0 69 59 10 3,315 24 68 16

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