Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso

The Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso (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

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

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

 * Metropolitan Archbishops of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below
 * Archbishop Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo: 13 November 2010–present
 * Archbishop Anselme Titianma Sanou: 5 December 2000 – 13 November 2010; see below
 * 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
 * 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
 * Prefects Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), 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

Suffragan Dioceses

 * Banfora
 * Dédougou
 * Diébougou
 * Gaoua
 * Nouna