Diocese of Ouahigouya
Diocese of Ouahigouya | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Burkina Faso |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Ouagadougou |
Diocesan bishop | Justin Kientega |
founding | June 23, 1958 |
surface | 17,067 km² |
Parishes | 12 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Residents | 1,275,493 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Catholics | 108,400 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
proportion of | 8.5% |
Diocesan priest | 56 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Religious priest | 2 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,869 |
Friars | 17 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Religious sisters | 102 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | French |
cathedral | Cathédrale Notre Dame de la Délivrance |
Website | diocesedeouahigouya.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ouahigouya ( Latin Dioecesis Uahiguyaensis , French Diocèse de Ouahigouya ) is in Burkina Faso situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Ouahigouya .
Its territory includes the provinces of Yatenga , Bam , Loroum and Zondoma .
history
The diocese of Ouahigouya was on June 23, 1958 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Sollemne nobis from cessions of territory of the diocese of Koudougou . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Ouagadougou as a suffragan . On November 20, 2004, the Ouahigouya diocese gave up parts of its territory to establish the Dori diocese .
Bishops of Ouahigouya
- Louis-Marie-Joseph Durrieu MAfr , 1958–1965
- Denis Tapsoba MAfr, 1966-1984
- Marius Ouédraogo , 1984-1995
- Philippe Ouédraogo , 1996–2009, then Archbishop of Ouagadougou
- Justin Kientega , since 2010