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Diocese of Koudougou

Dioecesis Kuduguensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

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Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Prefecture Apostolic of Ouahigouya
12 June 1947ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Ouagadougou (Ouahigouya and Koudougon) Prefecture Apostolic of Ouahigouya (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Koudougou
14 June 1954ElevatedPrefecture Apostolic of Ouahigouya Vicariate Apostolic of Koudougou
Diocese of Koudougou
14 September 1955ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Koudougou Diocese of Koudougou
23 June 1958Territory LostDiocese of Koudougou (Ouahigouya) Diocese of Ouahigouya (erected)
19 December 1958Territory AddedArchdiocese of Ouagadougou (Leo) Diocese of Koudougou

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Prefecture Apostolic of Ouahigouya
195010,024864,4991.2%1232441786ap1951
Vicariate Apostolic of Koudougou
Diocese of Koudougou
196938,106754,0005.1%53540952555610ap1971
198079,829903,1068.8%1427411,947477212ap1981
1990123,7011,243,9559.9%2715422,945307612ap1991
1997173,7641,427,93112.2%5610662,632278712ap2000
2000280,9271,365,26720.6%559644,389279713ap2001
2001172,4641,388,10212.4%569652,6532910014ap2002
2002254,6771,449,98617.6%5910693,6902910514ap2003
2003254,3251,450,88317.5%5811693,6853010516ap2004
2004228,7801,525,81015.0%5910693,315246816ap2005
2013318,9601,753,11218.2%7115863,708336818ap2014
2016361,6071,691,72321.4%7613894,0635317519ap2017
2019399,2001,809,00022.1%8116974,1153917624ap2020
2021423,8901,920,95022.1%8316994,2813917624ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Prefecture Apostolic of Ouahigouya
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 39, Page 606, and Page 607
  • Vicariate Apostolic of Koudougou
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 518, and Page 519
  • Diocese of Koudougou
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 48, Page 113, to Page 119
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 111

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