Archdiocese of Ouagadougou
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.
History
- 2 July 1921: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou from the Apostolic Vicariate of French Sudan in Mali
- 14 September 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou
Cathedral
The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception in Ouagadougou.Leadership
;Apostolic Vicars of Ouagadougou- Joanny Thévenoud, M.Afr
- Emile-Joseph Socquet, M.Afr
- Emile-Joseph Socquet, M.Afr
- Paul Zoungrana, M.Afr, elevated to cardinal in 1965
- Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré
- Philippe Ouédraogo, elevated to cardinal in 2014
- Prosper Kontiebo
- Louis-Marie-Joseph Durrieu, M. Afr., did not succeed to see; appointed Superior General of Missionaries of Africa
- Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr.
- Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré, appointed Bishop of Fada N’Gourma
- Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo), appointed Bishop of Kaya
- Médard Léopold Ouédraogo. Appointed bishop of Manga.
- Ambroise Ouédraogo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Niamey, Niger in 1999