Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ouagadougou explained

Jurisdiction:	Metropolitan Archdiocese
Ouagadougou
Latin:	Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Uagaduguensis
Country:	Burkina Faso
Territory:	Kadiogo Province
Province:	Ouagadougou
Metropolitan:	Ouagadougou
Coordinates:	12.3619°N -1.527°W
Area Km2:	9,600
Population:	2,921,460
Population As Of:	2017^[1]
Catholics:	989,125
Catholics Percent:	33.9
Parishes:	31
Denomination:	Roman Catholic
Rite:	Latin Rite
Established:	9 September 1955
Cathedral:	Cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception, Ouagadougou
Priests:	233
Bishop:	Prosper Kontiebo
Bishop Title:	Archbishop
Suffragan:	for one -->
Auxiliary Bishops:	Bishop Médard Léopold Ouédraogo
Emeritus Bishops:	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

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-)