Diocese of Ouahigouya
Uahiguyaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
The Diocese of Ouahigouya is a Latin Church diocese in northern Burkina Faso, erected in 1958. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou and led by Bishop Justin Kientega.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 June 1958
- Latin
- Uahiguyaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002492
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 147,755
- Population
- 1,585,594
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 9.3%
- Priests
- 61
- Catholics per priest
- 2,422
- Extent
- 17,067 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.7
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
- Justin Kientega
- Born
- 7 July 1959
- Birthplace
- Temnaoré
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 Notre Dame de la Délivrance stands in Ouahigouya, 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 Ouagadougou
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ouagadougou.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of OuagadougouOuagadougou
- Diocese of KoudougouKoudougou
- Diocese of MangaManga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Evêché, B.P. 33, Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
- Telephone
- 24.55.02.10
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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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.