Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ouagadougou

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou (Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Uagaduguensis) 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 (8 July 1921 – 16 September 1949)
 * Emile-Joseph Socquet, M.Afr (16 September 1949 – 14 September 1955)


 * Archbishops of Ouagadougou
 * Emile-Joseph Socquet, M.Afr (14 September 1955 – 12 January 1960)
 * Paul Zoungrana, M.Afr (5 April 1960 – 10 June 1995), elevated to cardinal in 1965
 * Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré (10 June 1995 – 13 May 2009)
 * Philippe Ouédraogo (13 May 2009 – 16 October 2023), elevated to cardinal in 2014
 * Prosper Kontiebo


 * Coadjutor vicars apostolic
 * Louis-Marie-Joseph Durrieu, M. Afr. (1946-1947), did not succeed to see; appointed Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
 * Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. (1948-1949)


 * Auxiliary bishops
 * Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré (1973-1979), appointed Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (later returned here as Archbishop)
 * Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo) (1981-1996), appointed Bishop of Kaya
 * Médard Léopold Ouédraogo (2012-)


 * Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
 * Ambroise Ouédraogo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Niamey, Niger in 1999

Suffragan Dioceses

 * Koudougou
 * Manga
 * Ouahigouya