Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso

Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso

*Archidioecesis Bobodiulassensis*
Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso; Archidioecesis Bobodiulassensis
Location
Country	Burkina Faso
Headquarters	Bobo-Dioulasso
Statistics
Area	24,415 km2 (9,427 sq mi)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2023); 2,116,740; 225,790 (10.7%);
Parishes	22
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	15 December 1927; 98 years ago
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes of Bobo-Dioulasso [fr]
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Metropolitan Archbishop	Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré
Bishops emeritus	Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo; Anselme Titiama Sanou

The Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso (Latin: Archidioecesis Bobodiulassensis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso.

History

15 December 1927: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Bobo-Dioulasso from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako, Mali and the Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou
9 March 1937: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bobo-Dioulasso
14 September 1955: Promoted as Diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso
5 December 2000: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso

The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale Notre Dame de Lourdes in Bobo Dioulasso.

Metropolitan Archbishops of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
- Archbishop Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré: Since 18 December 2024
- Archbishop Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo: 13 November 2010 – 18 December 2024, retied
- Archbishop Anselme Titianma Sanou: 5 December 2000 – 13 November 2010; see below, resigned
Bishops of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
- Bishop Anselme Titianma Sanou: 12 December 1974 – 5 December 2000: see above
- Bishop André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr.: 14 September 1955 – 12 December 1974; see below, resigned
Vicars Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
- Bishop André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr.: 8 July 1941 – 14 September 1955; see above
- Bishop Louis-Joseph-Ephrem Groshenry, M. Afr.: 17 June 1937 – 15 May 1941, resigned
Prefects Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
- Father Marcel Paternôt, M. Afr.: 26 October 1934 - 1937, resigned
- Father Césaire-Jean-Hippolyte Esquerre, M. Afr.: 11 January 1928 – 18 June 1934, resigned

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