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Bishop Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé

Bishop Emeritus of Diébougou, Burkina Faso


Events

DateAgeEventTitle
Sep 1930³ Born
11 Apr 195827.6Ordained PriestPriest of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
18 Oct 196838.1AppointedBishop of Diébougou, Burkina Faso
18 Jan 196938.3Ordained BishopBishop of Diébougou, Burkina Faso
3 Apr 200675.5RetiredBishop of Diébougou, Burkina Faso

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé
(born Sep 1930)
Bishop Emeritus of Diébougou

EventPlace
Birth PlaceDano, Prefecture Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso
Ordained BishopDiébougou, Diocese of Diébougou

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Diébougou.

  • a priest for years
  • a bishop for years
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

External Link(s):

Source(s):
  • r: Bollettino, 3 Apr 2006
  • ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 271
  • c1: CB, 17 Feb 2026

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