Archbishop Relwendé Kisito Ouédraogo

Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of

Titular Archbishop of Hilta

Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Apr 1972		Born
13 Dec 2000	28.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
28 Jan 2026	53.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of
28 Jan 2026	53.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Hilta
10 Feb 2026	53.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon
7 Mar 2026	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Hilta

MicroData Summary
Relwendé Kisito Ouédraogo
Archbishop Relwendé Kisito Ouédraogo
(born 9 Apr 1972)
Apostolic Nuncio of Congo, Republic of

Event Place
Birth Place Gourcy, Diocese of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame de Yagma, Basilica, Ouagadougou, Archdiocese of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Please contact the Archbishop through the Nunciature to Congo, Republic of.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Pietro Cardinal Parolin
Cardinal-Bishop of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Philippe Nakellentuba Cardinal Ouédraogo
Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou
Bishop Justin Kientega
Bishop of Ouahigouya

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pietro Cardinal Parolin (2009)
Cardinal-Bishop of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela
Pope Benedict XVI (1977)
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 305247638
WikiData: Q93246452

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 28 Jan 2026
bpd: CB, 1 Feb 2026
ab: Bollettino, 10 Feb 2026
ob/c2: CB, 23 Feb 2026
c34: CB, 7 Mar 2026

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