| Type: | Cardinal |
| Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo | |
| Cardinal Archbishop emeritus of Ouagadougou | |
| Archdiocese: | Ouagadougou |
| See: | Ouagadougou |
| Appointed: | 13 May 2009 |
| Term End: | 16 October 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré |
| Other Post: | Cardinal-Priest of Consolatrice al Tiburtino (2014–) |
| Ordination: | 14 July 1973 |
| Consecration: | 23 November 1996 |
| Consecrated By: | Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré |
| Cardinal: | 22 February 2014 |
| Created Cardinal By: | Pope Francis |
| Rank: | Cardinal-Priest |
| Birth Name: | Philippe Ouédraogo |
| Birth Date: | 1945 12, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Konéan, French West Africa (now Burkina Faso) |
| Nationality: | Burkinabè |
| Partner: | --> |
| Motto: | Latin: In vinculo Caritatis, annuntiemus Iesum Christum (With bands of love, proclaim Jesus Christ) |
| Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Philippe Ouédraogo.svg |
| Dipstyle: | His Eminence |
| Offstyle: | Your Eminence |
| Relstyle: | Cardinal |
Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo (born 31 December 1945) is a Burkinabè retired prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Ouagadougou from 2009 to 2023. He has been a cardinal since 2014. He was previously Bishop of Ouahigouya from 1996 to 2009.
He was born on 31 December 1945 in Konéan in Kaya Department.[1] He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Pabré in Ouagadougou from 1959 to 1967 and then at the Grand Séminaire Régional de Koumi in Bobo-Dioulasso from 1967 to 1973.[2]
He was ordained a priest of the diocese of Kaya on 4 July 1973.[1] After serving for five years as vicar of the cathedral parish, he studied at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome from 1979 to 1983, earning a doctorate in canon law.[3] He returned to Kaya and from 1983 to 1996 he performed parish work while serving at the same time as vicar general of the Kaya Diocese and director of its seminary.[3]
He was appointed bishop of Ouahigouya on 5 July 1996 and consecrated on 23 November 1996 by Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré, Archbishop of Ouagadougou.[1]
Pope Benedict XVI named him archbishop of Ouagadougou on 13 May 2009.[4]
He was president of the Episcopal Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger from 2001 to 2007.[5]
Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 22 February 2014 and assigned to him the titular church of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino.[6] He was the second cardinal from Burkina Faso, following Paul Zoungrana (1917–2000).[1]
He was named a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and the Pontifical Council for Inter Religious Dialogue on 22 May 2014[7] and of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on 28 October 2016.[8]
He received a papal appointment to participate in the Synod on the Family in October 2014[9] and October 2015.[10]
In July 2019 he was elected president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM).[11]
Ouedraogo was diagnosed with COVID-19 on 30 March 2020, but has recovered from the virus since.[12]
Pope Francis accepted his resignation as archbishop on 16 October 2023.[13]