The Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso () is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso.
History 15 December 1927: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Bobo-Dioulasso from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako, Mali and the Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou 9 March 1937: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bobo-Dioulasso 14 September 1955: Promoted as Diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso 5 December 2000: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso
Special churches The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale Notre Dame de Lourdes in Bobo Dioulasso.
Bishops Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order Metropolitan Archbishops of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below Archbishop Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré: Since 18 December 2024 Archbishop Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo: 13 November 2010 – 18 December 2024, retied Archbishop Anselme Titianma Sanou: 5 December 2000 – 13 November 2010; see below, resigned Bishops of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below Bishop Anselme Titianma Sanou: 12 December 1974 – 5 December 2000: see above Bishop André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr.: 14 September 1955 – 12 December 1974; see below, resigned Vicars Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below Bishop André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr.: 8 July 1941 – 14 September 1955; see above Bishop Louis-Joseph-Ephrem Groshenry, M. Afr.: 17 June 1937 – 15 May 1941, resigned Prefects Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Roman rite), below Father Marcel Paternôt, M. Afr.: 26 October 1934 - 1937, resigned Father Césaire-Jean-Hippolyte Esquerre, M. Afr.: 11 January 1928 – 18 June 1934, resigned
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé, appointed Bishop of Diébougou in 1968 Lucas Kalfa Sanou, appointed Bishop of Banfora in 1998 Guy Mukasa Sanon, appointed Bishop of Nouna in 2025
Suffragan Dioceses Banfora Dédougou Diébougou Gaoua Nouna
See also List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Burkina Faso
Sources GCatholic.org