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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Koupéla

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Dori, Fada N’Gourma, Kaya, Tenkodogo

History

  • 1956.02.20: Established as Diocese of Koupéla / Kupelaën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou)
  • 1969.06.26: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kaya
  • 1997.01.02: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Manga
  • 2000.12.05: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Koupéla / Kupelaën(sis) (Latin)
  • 2012.02.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Tenkodogo

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2000.12.05 – ...):Archbishop Séraphin François Rouamba (71)Archbishop Séraphin François Rouamba (71)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Koupéla (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Séraphin François Rouamba (71)Archbishop Séraphin François Rouamba (71)
(2000.12.05 – ...)

Nos autem servos vestros per Jesum

Born:1942 (Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:1970.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:1995.10.21

Bishop of Koupéla (Burkina Faso) (1995.06.01 – 2000.12.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Koupéla (Burkina Faso) (2000.12.05 – ...)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger (2007.05 – ...)

Bishops of Koupéla (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Séraphin François Rouamba (71)Bishop Séraphin François Rouamba (71) (later Archbishop)
(1995.06.01 – 2000.12.05)

(see above)

Bishop Dieudonné Yougbaré
(1956.02.29 – 1995.06.01)

Born:1917.02.16 (Burkina Faso)
Ordained Priest:1945.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:1956.07.08
Died:2011.11.04 († 94)

Bishop of Koupéla (Burkina Faso) (1956.02.29 – 1995.06.01)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger (1976 – 1982)

President of Regional Episcopal Conferences of Western Francophone Africa (1983 – 1986)

as of 2013.05.03

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