Type: | Archbishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré | |
Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou | |
Archdiocese: | Ouagadougou |
Appointed: | 10 June 1995 |
Term End: | 13 May 2009 |
Predecessor: | First |
Successor: | Philippe Ouédraogo |
Previous Post: | Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou and Titular Bishop of Lamzella (1973–1979) Bishop of Fada N'Gourma (1979–1995) |
Ordination: | 8 September 1962 |
Consecration: | 28 October 1973 |
Consecrated By: | Paul Zoungrana |
Birth Date: | 1933 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Saganyônyôgo, French Upper Volta, French West Africa |
Death Place: | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
Motto: | Latin: Collaborantes fidei Evangelii (Struggling together for the faith of the gospel) |
Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré (29 July 1933 – 9 November 2024) was a Burkinabè Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Ouagadougou (1973–1979), bishop of Fada N'Gourma (1979–1995) and archbishop of Ouagadougou (1995–2009). Untaani Compaore died in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 9 November 2024, at the age of 91.[1]