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Burkina Faso

Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
Sep 1930--> Bishop Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle SoméBishop Emeritus of Diébougou
Sep 1937--> Archbishop Anselme Titianma SanonArchbishop Emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso
20 Apr 1940--> Archbishop Antonio MattiazzoBishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy
1942--> Archbishop Séraphin François RouambaArchbishop Emeritus of Koupéla
9 Dec 1942--> Bishop Basile TapsobaBishop Emeritus of Koudougou
23 Sep 1943--> Bishop Thomas KaboréBishop Emeritus of Kaya
9 Dec 1944--> Archbishop Luigi VenturaApostolic Nuncio
31 Dec 1945--> Philippe Nakellentuba Cardinal OuédraogoArchbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou
5 Jan 1946--> Mario Cardinal ZenariApostolic Nuncio to Syria
12 Oct 1947--> Bishop Joseph SamaBishop Emeritus of Nouna
27 Apr 1948--> Bishop Dèr Raphaël Kusiélé DabiréBishop of Diébougou
3 May 1948--> Archbishop Paul Yemboaro OuédraogoArchbishop Emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso
Youngest
1 Aug 1972--> Bishop David KoudougouBishop of Tenkodogo
26 Mar 1970--> Archbishop Michael Francis CrottyApostolic Nuncio to Nigeria
14 Sep 1968--> Bishop Guy Mukasa SanonBishop of Nouna
18 Jun 1968--> Archbishop Julien KaboréApostolic Nuncio to Ghana
7 Jul 1966--> Bishop Théophile NaréBishop of Kaya
17 Sep 1965--> Archbishop Laurent Birfuoré DabiréArchbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso
10 Jan 1965--> Bishop Prosper Bonaventure KyBishop of Dédougou
4 Dec 1963--> Bishop Ollo Modeste KambouBishop of Gaoua
26 Jul 1963--> Archbishop Piergiorgio BertoldiApostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic
18 Mar 1962--> Bishop Joachim Hermenegilde OuédraogoBishop of Koudougou
9 Jan 1962--> Archbishop Gabriel SayaogoArchbishop of Koupéla
18 Sep 1961--> Archbishop Giancarlo DellagiovannaApostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso

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