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Diocese of Gaoua

Dioecesis Gauensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Ollo Modeste Kambou, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 30 November 2011
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Burkina Faso
  • Square Kilometers: 10,411 (4,021 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: B.P. 55, Gaoua, Burkina Faso
  • Telephone: 62.20.58.55

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
30 November 2011ErectedDiocese of Diébougou (Poni and Noumbiel) Diocese of Gaoua (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
201119,074260,5507.3%14141,362246bul:30nov2011
201219,074260,5507.3%14141,362246ap2013
201316,465386,6324.3%10101,646237ap2014
201623,437487,0284.8%12121,953267ap2017
201926,367455,0355.8%23231,146317ap2020
202128,181501,9005.6%17171,657318ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 104, Page 84, and Page 85

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