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Diocese of Dori

Dorien(sis)

The Diocese of Dori is a Latin Catholic diocese in Burkina Faso, erected on 20 November 2004 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Koupela. The see has been vacant since December 2024, with Bishop Theophile Nare serving as apostolic administrator since February 2025.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
20 November 2004
Latin
Dorien(sis)
Patron
St. Anne
Annuario code
001001316

The see in figures

Catholics
16,807
Population
1,274,700
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
1.3%
Priests
13
Catholics per priest
1,293
Extent
36,166 km²
Catholics per km²
0.5

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Apostolic Administrator
Théophile Nare
Born
7 July 1966
Birthplace
Yargo

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedrale Sainte-Anne stands in Dori, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Koupela

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Koupela.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

How to reach it

Diocesan offices
Evêché, B.P. 139, Dori, Burkina Faso
Telephone
24.46.07.30

This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.

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Sources

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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.