Bishop Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé

Bishop Emeritus of Diébougou

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
Sep 1930		Born	Dano
11 Apr 1958	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
18 Oct 1968	38.1	Appointed	Bishop of Diébougou, Burkina Faso
18 Jan 1969	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Diébougou, Burkina Faso
3 Apr 2006	75.6	Retired	Bishop of Diébougou, Burkina Faso

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Diébougou.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Dieudonné Yougbaré †
Peter Poreku Cardinal Dery †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé (1969)
Bishop André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr. † (1941)
Bishop Joanny Thévenoud, M. Afr. † (1922)
Archbishop Dominique Castellan † (1906)
Pierre-Paulin Cardinal Andrieu † (1901)
Archbishop Jean-Augustin Germain † (1897)
Bishop Félix-Auguste Béguinot † (1896)
Jean-Pierre Cardinal Boyer † (1878)
Archbishop Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. † (1847)
Bishop Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati, O.F.M. † (1840)
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. † (1817)
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. † (1773)
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Nuno Cardinal da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Archbishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Veríssimo Cardinal de Lencastre †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Raphaël Kusiélé Dabiré
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Raphaël Kusiélé Dabiré
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 3 Apr 2006

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