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Diocese of Nouna

Dioecesis Nunensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Joseph Sama, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 14 April 2000
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Burkina Faso
  • Square Kilometers: 15,000 (5,793 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Évêché, Mission Catholique, B.P. 22, Nouna, Burkina Faso
  • Telephone: 70.29.06.49

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
14 April 2000ErectedDiocese of Nouna-Dédougou (Kossi) Diocese of Nouna (erected)
5 December 2000Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Nouna (from Ouagadougou)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
200040,000400,00010.0%149231,7399244ap2001
200153,804414,33613.0%145192,8311065ap2002
200255,418428,84312.9%216272,0521266ap2003
200355,418428,84312.9%195242,3091066ap2004
201395,800586,00016.3%31313,0904219ap2014
201663,841741,5828.6%32321,99513249ap2017
201973,835751,2779.8%36362,050142510ap2020
202178,400797,7359.8%40401,960142510ap2022

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 92, Page 657, and Page 658
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 93, Page 195

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