Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Uagaduguensis | |
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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 |
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 |
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.