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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 of Nouna
27 Apr 1948 Bishop Dèr Raphaël Kusiélé DabiréBishop of Diébougou
3 May 1948 Archbishop Paul Yemboaro OuédraogoArchbishop Emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso
Youngest
26 Mar 1970 Archbishop Michael Francis CrottyApostolic Nuncio to Nigeria
18 Jun 1968 Archbishop Julien KaboréApostolic Nuncio to Ghana
7 Jul 1966 Bishop Théophile NareBishop 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
17 Aug 1960 Bishop Alexandre Yikyi BaziéAuxiliary Bishop of Koudougou
25 Jun 1960 Archbishop Prosper Kontiebo, M.I.Archbishop of Ouagadougou
7 Jul 1959 Bishop Justin KientegaBishop of Ouahigouya

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