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

• Dori
• Fada N’Gourma
• Kaya
• Tenkodogo

Sources

• GCatholic.org