Bishop Ambroise Ouédraogo

Bishop Emeritus of Maradi, Niger

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Dec 1948		Born
29 Jun 1979	30.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
18 May 1999	50.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Niamey, Niger
18 May 1999	50.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Severiana
26 Sep 1999	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Severiana
13 Mar 2001	52.2	Appointed	Bishop of Maradi, Niger
22 Feb 2025	76.1	Retired	Bishop of Maradi, Niger

MicroData Summary
Ambroise Ouédraogo
Bishop Ambroise Ouédraogo
(born 15 Dec 1948)
Bishop Emeritus of Maradi

Ad Limina - March 2010: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kossodo, Vicariate Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Ordained Bishop Palais des Sports, Niamey, Diocese of Niamey

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Maradi.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Francis Cardinal Arinze
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré †
Archbishop of Ouagadougou
Bishop Guy Armand Romano, C.Ss.R. †
Bishop of Niamey

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Francis Cardinal Arinze (1965)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna
Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. † (1927)
Archbishop of Onitsha
Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. † (1920)
Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae
Bishop Denis Kelly † (1897)
Bishop of Ross
Archbishop Thomas William Croke † (1870)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Paul Cardinal Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Médard Léopold Ouédraogo (2012)
Archbishop Djalwana Laurent Lompo (2013)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q458916

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 156, Number 13,622
r: Bollettino, 22 Feb 2025

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