Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso
The Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso 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
Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale Notre Dame de Lourdes in Bobo Dioulasso.Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Bobo-Dioulasso, below
- * Archbishop Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré: Since 18 December 2024
- * Archbishop Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo: 13 November 2010 – 18 December 2024.
- * Archbishop Anselme Titianma Sanou: 5 December 2000 – 13 November 2010; see below
- Bishops of Bobo-Dioulasso, 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
- Vicars Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso, 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
- Prefects Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso, below
- * Father Marcel Paternôt, M. Afr.: 26 October 1934 - 1937
- * Father Césaire-Jean-Hippolyte Esquerre, M. Afr.: 11 January 1928 – 18 June 1934
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé, appointed Bishop of Diébougou in 1968
- Lucas Kalfa Sanou, appointed Bishop of Banfora in 1998
- Guy Mukasa Sanon, appointed Bishop of Nouna in 2025