Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Uagaduguensis

Cathedral of Ouagadougou
Location
Country	Burkina Faso
Territory	Kadiogo Province
Ecclesiastical province	Ouagadougou
Metropolitan	Ouagadougou
Coordinates	12°21′43″N 1°31′37″W / 12.3619°N 1.5270°W / 12.3619; -1.5270
Statistics
Area	9,600 km² (3,700 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2017^[1]) 2,921,460 989,125 (33.9%)
Parishes	31
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	9 September 1955
Cathedral	Cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception, Ouagadougou
Secular priests	233
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Prosper Kontiebo
Auxiliary Bishops	Bishop Médard Léopold Ouédraogo
Bishops emeritus	Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou (Latin: 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.

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

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)

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-)