Diocese of Gaoua
Gauen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gaoua, Burkina Faso
Latin Church diocese in Gaoua, Burkina Faso, established on 30 November 2011. It has been led by Bishop Ollo Modeste Kambou since its erection.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 November 2011
- Latin
- Gauen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001465
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 30,721
- Population
- 500,034
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 6.1%
- Priests
- 21
- Catholics per priest
- 1,463
- Extent
- 10,411 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.0
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
- Bishop
- Ollo Modeste Kambou
- Born
- 4 December 1963
- Birthplace
- Bouti
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
Cathédrale Sacré-Cœur, Gaoua stands in Gaoua, 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.
History
Since 30 November 2011 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaoua in Burkina Faso has been led by Ollo Modeste Kambou, a Burkinabe prelate born on 4 December 1963. Pope Benedict XVI named him bishop on that date, the same day the Holy Father created the diocese of Diébougou as a suffragan of Bobo-Dioulasso. Before his episcopal appointment, Kambou had served from 28 December 1991 until 30 November 2011 as a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Diébougou in the Metropolitan Province of Bobo-Dioulasso. His ordination and installation took place at Gaoua, Burkina Faso, on 18 February 2012, with Archbishop Vito Rallo, Titular Archbishop of Alba, presiding.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- B.P. 55, Gaoua, Burkina Faso
- Telephone
- 62.20.58.55
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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.