Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Koupéla

The Archdiocese of Koupéla (Latin: Archidioecesis Kupelaënsis) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Koupéla in Burkina Faso.

History
  • 1956.02.20: Established as Diocese of Koupéla from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou
  • 2000.12.05: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Koupéla

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale Notre Dame des Grâces in Koupéla.

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Koupéla (Roman rite), below
    • Archbishop Gabriel Sayaogo 2019.12.07 - present
    • Archbishop Séraphin François Rouamba 2000.12.05 - 2019.12.07; see below
  • Bishops of Koupéla (Roman rite), below
    • Bishop Séraphin François Rouamba 1995.06.01 – 2000.12.05; see above
    • Bishop Dieudonné Yougbaré 1956.02.29 – 1995.06.01

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
  • Pierre Claver Malgo, appointed Bishop of Fada N’Gourma in 2012
  • Théophile Nare, appointed Bishop of Kaya in 2018

Suffragan Dioceses

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