Diocese of Tenkodogo
Tenkodogoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso
The Diocese of Tenkodogo is a Latin rite diocese in Burkina Faso, erected in 2012 from territory of the Archdiocese of Koupéla and the Diocese of Fada N'Gourma, to which it is suffragan to Koupéla. Bishop David Koudougou was consecrated as its second bishop in May 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 February 2012
- Latin
- Tenkodogoën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003197
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 197,000
- Population
- 1,428,457
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 13.8%
- Priests
- 34
- Catholics per priest
- 5,794
- Extent
- 10,047 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
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
- David Koudougou
- Born
- 1 August 1972
- Birthplace
- Tenkodogo
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
Maria Regina Cathedral stands in Tenkodogo, 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 Koupéla
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Koupéla.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KoupélaKoupéla
- Diocese of Fada N’GourmaFada N’Gourma
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within Burkina Faso's ecclesiastical province of Koupéla sits the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tenkodogo (Latin: Dioecesis Tenkodogoënsis), based in the city of Tenkodogo.
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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.